Sentence Structures

• exclamatory sentence


  !
• Declarative sentence


  Simple fact or opinion
• Imperative sentence


  Command

  E.g. Give me your money
• Conditional Sentence


  Need one factor to come true for something else to happen

  E.g. If it rains on thursday, we won't do the exam
• Rhetorical Question


  What's not to like?
• Rhetorical fragment


  Not a sentence

  E.g. Stop! Go.
• Cumulative sentence


  Subject and verb at beginning of sentence, extra info hangs off end like a tail

  E.g. I scored, in spite of my bad aim

  Effect= rambling, manic, quick tempo, illuminates essential parts
• Periodic Sentence


  Have to read to end of sentence to find out important info

  E.g. In spite of my bad aim, I scored

  Effect= builds up tension
• Simple sentence


  Group of words that can stand alone as sentence

  E.g. We can't go fishing
• Compound sentence


  Two simple sentences joined together

  E.g. It was cold but we still went to town
• Complex sentence


  One independent clause + 1/more dependent clauses

  E.g. I love going outside when the weather is warm
• Compound-Complex sentence


  At least 2 independent clauses, and 1 dependent clause

  E.g. Kate doesn't like cartoons because they are too loud os she doesn't watch them.
• Interrogative sentence


  Asks a question