Syntax [part 2]By: Zxena, Ellie, Tyrelle, Kristian

Coordination

• Definition: A reference to the equivalent importance of two clauses.

➢ Example: The bowl of squid eyeball stew is hot and

delicious.

The squid eyeball stew is so thick that you can eat it with a fork or

spoon.

Coordinated Clauses

Definition: The loose structure of the long second sentence and ugliness, the narrator's ironic reservations

➢ Example: I like ice cream but I hate chocolate'

Subordinate Clauses

• A group of words that has both a subject and verb but (unlike an independent clause) cannot stand alone as a sentence.

➢ Examples:

-“After Amy sneezed all over the tuna salad”

-”Who ate handfuls of Cheerios with his hands”

Parallelism

Definition: The relationship among the parts of a sentence through making the elements of a series or in pairs of words, phrases or clauses.

➢ Example: You need to work quickly and decisively.

He was a prolific author, writing poems, short stories, novels, and screenplays.

Parallel Clause

• Definition: Serves to builds toward a climax

➢ Example: Ashley likes to ski, to swim and to jump. This is correct and uses parallel structure. An incorrect version of this sentence would read: Ashley likes to ski, to swim and jumping.

Loose/ Cumulative Sentence

• Definition: Presents ideas in the order of subject-verb objective

➢ Example: Florida is a great vacation spot for families, with Disney World, Universal Studios, and Sea World.

Periodic Sentence

• A complex sentence in which the main clause comes last and is preceded by the subordinate clause.

➢ Examples:-”In spite of heavy snow and cold temperatures, the game continued.”

-”Because they are independent, take care of themselves, and purr, I prefer cats over dogs

http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/coordinatingconjunction.htm

http://spencebradley.hubpages.com/hub/Clauses

http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples/examples-of-parallelism.html