Writing and Editing Sentence Structure 2

Question 1

What is a compound-complex sentence?

Accepted Answer

A sentence with at least two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause

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A sentence with two subjects and one verb

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A sentence with only subordinate clauses

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A sentence with three verbs

Question 2

What does 'sentence cohesion' mean in writing?

Accepted Answer

The logical and linguistic flow connecting ideas from one sentence to the next

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Using the same sentence length throughout

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Avoiding all pronouns

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Starting every sentence with a noun

Question 3

Which sentence is an example of a fragment?

Accepted Answer

Because she submitted the article.

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She submitted the article.

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She submitted the article on time.

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Submitting the article took all night.

Question 4

Which technique is used to combine two choppy sentences for better flow?

Accepted Answer

Using subordination to turn one sentence into a dependent clause

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Adding more adjectives to both sentences

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Replacing periods with commas

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Removing the subject from one sentence

Question 5

Which sentence demonstrates chiasmus (a rhetorical reversal)?

Accepted Answer

Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.

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You can write well if you edit carefully.

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Edit carefully, and write well.

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Write well; edit even better.

Question 6

What is anaphora in writing?

Accepted Answer

Repeating the same word or phrase at the BEGINNING of successive clauses

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Repeating the same word at the END of successive clauses

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Using a synonym for a repeated word

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Placing a pronoun before its antecedent