| A | B |
| DECLARATIVE SENTENCE | MAKES A STATEMENT. IT ENDS WITH A PERIOD. |
| INTERROGATIVE SENTENCE | ASKS A QUESTION. IT ENDS WITH A QUESTION MARK. |
| IMPERATIVE SENTENCE | GIVES A COMMAND OR MAKES A REQUEST. IT ENDS WITH A PERIOD. |
| EXCLAMATORY SENTENCE | EXPRESSES STRONG FEELING. IT ENDS WITH AN EXCLAMATION POINT. |
| EXAMPLE OF DECLARATIVE: | Edgar Allan Poe wrote suspenseful short stories. |
| EXAMPLE OF INTEROGATIVE: | Did Poe also write poetry? |
| EXAMPLE OF IMPERATIVE: | Read "The Pitt and the Pendulum." |
| EXAMPLE OF EXCLAMATORY: | What a great writer Poe was! |
| SIMPLE SUBJECT | the main word in the complete subject |
| SIMPLE PREDICATE | the main word in the complete predicate |
| COMPLETE SUBJECT | includes all the words in the subject of a sentence |
| COMPLETE PREDICATE | includes all the words in the predicate of a sentence |