AP Grammar

Defines a noun as specific or unspecific

• adjective

• adverb

• article

• antecedent

• appositive

One in which two parallel elements are set off against each other like equal weights on a scale.

• balanced sentence

• chiasmus

• clause

• complex sentence

• complex-compound sentence

inverted parallelism; two clauses are related to each other through a reversal of terms (i.e. "ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.")

• balanced sentence

• chiasmus

• clause

• complex sentence

• complex-compound sentence

Contains only one independent clause and at least one dependent clause.

• balanced sentence

• chiasmus

• clause

• complex sentence

• complex-compound sentence

Contains two or more independent clauses and at least one dependent clause.

• balanced sentence

• chiasmus

• clause

• complex sentence

• complex-compound sentence

Contains at least two independent clauses but no dependent clauses.

• periodic sentence

• simple sentence

• compound sentence

• complex sentence

• complex-compound sentence

Contains one independent clause.

• loose sentence

• simple sentence

• compound sentence

• complex sentence

• complex-compound sentence

Shows excitement or emotion; usually come at the start of a sentence followed by an exclamation point (or by a comma if the feeling's not as strong)

• conjunction

• interjection

• preposition

• adverb

• adjective

A word that can function by itself as a noun phrase and that refers either to the participants in the discourse or to someone or something mentioned elsewhere in the discourse

• adjective

• article

• noun

• preposition

• pronoun

States an idea

• sentence

• declarative sentence

• interrogative sentence

• imperative sentence

• clause