Syntax Review

Type of sentence best used for writing that aims at appearing new, colloquial, informal, or relaxed.

• Loose or cumulative

• Periodic

• Convoluted

• Balanced

Expresses a complex thought that makes sense fully only when the end of the sentence is reached.

• loose or cumulative

• periodic

• convoluted

• balanced

contains an independent clause and one or more subordinate clauses

• balanced sentence

• compound sentence

• complex sentence

• convoluted sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

A type of periodic sentence that uses intruding constructions to create emphasis.

• loose or cumulative

• periodic

• balanced

• convoluted

two or more clauses or constructions that have essentially the same form and length and have similar functions

• loose or cumulative sentence

• periodic sentence

• balanced sentence

• convoluted sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1A

"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." ——Jane Austen

Is an example of

• chiasmus

• cumulative sentence

• periodic sentence

• convoluted sentence

A creek ran through the meadow, winding and turning, clear water running between steep banks of black earth, with shallow places where you build a dam.

Is an example of

• convoluted sentence

• periodic sentence

• cumulative sentence

• balanced sentence

Children played about her; and she sang as she worked.

Is an example of

• convoluted sentence

• periodic sentence

• balanced sentence

• cumulative sentence

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1A

Despite heavy winds and nearly impenetrable ground fog, the plane landed safely.

Is an example of

• convoluted sentence

• periodic sentence

• cumulative sentence

• balanced sentence

With low taxes, warm temperatures, and a top rated airport, Phoenix is an ideal place to retire.

• balanced sentence

• cumulative sentence

• convoluted sentence

• periodic sentence