Sentence

■ When the signal was given, everyone started battling. (time) ■ Nobody in their rooms couldn’t sleep because of the thought of who is next to die in the tournament. (purpose) ■ The students could carry out the rest of their time in the high school forever unless they kill someone to receive more points and get away with it.(condition) Modifying adjectives: ■ Lights has 3 death notes obtained. (how much) ■ As much as the students can form bonds they can also backstab each other to win. (to what extent) Modifying adverbs: ■ Goku trained harder than his friends typically did.(condition) Relative Clauses: Dependent clause that begins with a relative pronoun. ○ The ninja who finishes first will earn a better spot in the last stage of the exams. Elliptical Clauses: Adverb clauses in which part of the clause is omitted. ○ When battling, Onepunch man keeps his student Genos close to him. Essential Clauses: Clauses necessary to the meaning of the sentence. ○ The area that most interests Tackemichi is the effects of time skips. Nonessential Clauses: Clauses that are NOT necessary to the meaning of the sentence. ○ The school criticism which happened 1 year ago, is what led the class of 78 to be the last to survive.

SENTENCES

Sentence – a set of words that contains a subject and a predicate and conveys a statement, command, question, or an exclamation.

Sentence Parts

Subject – what/who the sentence is about The students patiently wait for the monthly points.

Predicate – what the subject does The students patiently wait for the monthly points.

Sentence Types

Declarative – a sentence that makes a statement (ends with a period mark) Learning to use points efficiently helps students prepare for the future.

Imperative – a sentence that makes a command (ends with a period mark) Learn the rules immediately.

Interrogative – a sentence that asks a question (ends with a question mark) Why did everybody spend their points the first month?

Exclamatory – a sentence that expresses great emotion, passion, excitement (ends with an exclamation mark) He was so much more powerful than others!

Sentence Patterns

Simple Sentence: A sentence that is just one independent clause. Most fights in this section are just low arena battles.

Compound Sentence: A sentence with multiple independent clauses, but no dependent clauses - connected by FANBOYS (coordinating conjunctions) or a semicolon (;). Many teams can beat us, but we are determined to win the national championship

Complex Sentence: A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. When you set up a practice match, you can lose your moral after them

Complex-Compound Sentence: A sentence with multiple independent clauses and at least one dependent clause. Launching the ball feels awesome, fighting a powerful team is scary, this tournament is going to make us a powerhouse.

Loose Sentence: A sentence that contains an independent clause plus a subordinate construction (either a clause or phrase) with your main point at the beginning. This tournament will change our lives, no matter if we win or lose.

Periodic Sentence: A sentence in which the independent clause is given at the end of the sentence in order to create interest or generate suspense with the main point coming at the end. No matter if we win or lose, this tournament will change our lives.

Parallel Structure: A sentence using the same pattern of two or more verbs or ideas that match in tense or structure to show that they are of equal importance and to help the reader comprehend what is being written - this sentence requires symmetry. Levi loves to work hard, take care of his team, and try his best during the war.

Balanced Sentence: A sentence where phrases or clauses at the beginning and the end parallel each other by virtue of their likeness of structure, meaning, or length - this sentence requires symmetry. Mikasa throws away the broken blades to get new blades.

Chiasmus: A sentence that includes a repetition of ideas (words, phrases, or clauses) in inverted (reversed) order - this sentence requires symmetry. The karasuno volleyball players make the team what it is and would be nothing without them.

Asyndeton: A sentence that leaves out conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses for a rhetorical purpose. Hinata is hardworking, caring, and overachieving.

Polysyndeton: A sentence that uses multiple conjunctions in close proximity to each other between words, phrases, or clauses for a rhetorical purpose. Bravo students typically exhibit studiousness and tenacity and grit and, ultimately, excellence.

Anaphora: A sentence that features the purposeful repetition of a word, words, or a phrase at the beginning of several successive clauses in order to place emphasis and draw attention. For so many people,Junior High can be the best time of their lives, while for others Junior High is the worst part of their lives, but most will agree that Junior High can feel like the longest part of their lives.

Epistrophe: A sentence featuring several phrases or clauses ending with the same word or words. Hinata only talks about getting the ball, he never stops talking about hitting the ball. He is so obsessed with hitting the ball that he did not consider getting better at receiving.