| A | B |
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| Choppy sentences | those that should be combined because they are too short |
| stringy sentences | are those that should be broken up because they are too long |
| clause | a group of related words which has both a subject and a predicate. |
| independent clause | presents a complete thought and can stand alone |
| dependent | does notpresent a complete thought anf can not stand alone |
| compound | sentances that consit of two or more independent clauses |
| comlpex | consits of one independent and one or more dependent |
| sentence | is a group of words which express a complete thought |
| delcarative | makes a statement ends with a period |
| interogative | askes a question and ends with a ? |
| exlamation | with emotion ends with a ! |
| imperative | gives a command ends with either a period or a ! |
| fragment | is a piece of a sentence. it simply does not have all the requirments of a sentence. |
| run-on | is two or seperate sentences put together |
