| A | B |
|---|
| monosyllabic | one syllable in length |
| rhetorical question | a question that expects no answer |
| colloquial | slang word |
| informal | conversational word |
| formal | literary word |
| archaic | old-fashioned word |
| denotative | containing an exact meaning |
| connotative | containing a suggested meaning |
| concrete | specific and tangible |
| abstract | general and conceptual |
| telegraphic | sentence shorter than 5 words |
| diction | choice of words |
| declarative sentence | makes a statement |
| imperative sentence | gives a command |
| interrogative sentence | asks a question |
| exclamatory sentence | makes an exclamation |
| simple sentence | contains one subject and one verb |
| compound sentence | contains two independent clauses joined by a (;) or coordinating conjunction |
| complex sentence | contains an independent clause and at least one subordinate clause |
| compound-complex sentence | contains at least one principal clause and at least one subordinate clause |
| phrase | group of words that work together in sentence |
| clause | group of words that contain a subject and a verb |
| loose sentence | makes sense if brought to a close before actual ending |
| periodic sentence | makes sense only when the end of the sentence is reached |
| balanced sentence | phrases or clauses match in structure, meaning, or length |
| natural order | subject-verb-object |
| inverted order | verb comes after subject |
| juxtaposition | unassociated ideas placed next to each other |
| parallel structure | grammatical or structural similarity between sentence elements |
| repetition | words, sounds, ideas that are used more than once |
| polysyllabic | more than one syllble in length |
