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 Bruce Wayne can sometimes be stubborn.

Predicate – what the subject does Bruce Wayne used his powers of deduction to intercept the kryptonian missile.

Sentence Types

Declarative – a sentence that makes a statement (ends with a period mark) NIghtwing has the best looking suit in all of the DC Universe.

Imperative – a sentence that makes a command (ends with a period mark) Superman should teach me the best way to stop an asteroid from hitting a planet.

Interrogative – a sentence that asks a question (ends with a question mark) Why did polka dot man have to die in the Suicide Squad movie?

Exclamatory – a sentence that expresses great emotion, passion, excitement (ends with an exclamation mark) That last interaction between Spiderman and E.D.I.T.H was my favorite.

Simple Sentence: A sentence that is just one independent clause. Thanos was wrong.

Compound Sentence: A sentence with multiple independent clauses, but no dependent clauses - connected by FANBOYS (coordinating conjunctions) or a semicolon (;). Spiderman wanted to befriend Mysterio, but couldn't because he deceived him.

Complex Sentence: A sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. Spider Man recites past science fiction movies during the battle, while others are fighting for their lives.

Complex-Compound Sentence: A sentence with multiple independent clauses and at least one dependent clause. Batman created a contingency plan for the justice league, but he also made one for himself and other potential heroes.

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. It was obvious that Superman and Batman wouldn't die in the film, because they are both important in the plot to defeat doomsday.

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 how hard it is or how long it takes to get into the Avengers, it will alter your reality.

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. Batman works hard , never gives up, does his best, to be a father and crime fighting vigilante. 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. The Justice League spend their days working hard and trying to save the world.

Chiasmus: A sentence that includes a repetition of ideas (words, phrases, or clauses) in inverted (reversed) order - this sentence requires symmetry. The Avengers make the world a better place, so without them the world wouldn't be a better place.

Asyndeton: A sentence that leaves out conjunctions between words, phrases, or clauses for a rhetorical purpose. Tony Stark thinks he's smart, loyal, and has a good beard.

Polysyndeton: A sentence that uses multiple conjunctions in close proximity to each other between words, phrases, or clauses for a rhetorical purpose. Clint left the avengers, then he rejoined them in civil war, and rejoined the avengers in the endgame.

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 many people the avengers are great people, but others see them as arrogant and vigilantes, but most can agree that they help protect the world and make it a better place.

Epistrophe: A sentence featuring several phrases or clauses ending with the same word or words. The Batman family spends so much time thinking about training, their breaks about Bruce, that it seems like their lives are led by crime fighting.

Sentence errors

Run-On/Rambling/Fused Sentence – a sentence construction error where two or more independent clauses are connected incorrectly without punctuation. Drax wanted to kill Gamora she killed his family. [WRONG] Drax wanted to kill Gamora BECAUSE she killed his family.[RIGHT]

Comma Splice – a sentence construction error where two or more independent clauses are connected incorrectly using commas Iron man was working on the iron legion but, they were still in sokovia. Iron man was working on the iron legion but they were still in sokovia.

Fragment – incomplete sentence pieces that are not connected to or do not form an independent clause Because visions had no time. Because vision had no time, they had to take the Mind Stone from Thanos

Misplaced/Dangling Modifiers – modifiers are words, phrases, or clauses that add description; a misplaced modifier describes the wrong part of a sentence and a dangling modifier is missing the part it’s supposed to modify At the Avengers reunion they gave out medals of honor that were blue and red. At the Avengers reunion they gave out blue and red medals of honor.

Double Negative – combining two or more negative words in a sentence in a way that is supposed to produce a positive force The Avengers knew that going back in time would be no good. The Avengers knew that going back in time wouldn't do them any good.