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== Sentence == | == Sentence == | ||
* a complete thought that contains at a minimum a subject (or an implied subject) and a verb | * a complete and grammatically correct thought that contains at a minimum a subject (or an implied subject) and a verb | ||
** i.e., "I shop." = a complete sentence | ** i.e., "I shop." = a complete sentence and thought. | ||
** "Go!" = the subject, usually, "you" is implied | |||
*** this form of a command is called an "imperative" or "exclamatory" sentence. | |||
* sentence complexity is created around the core '''Subject Verb Object''' by adding: | * sentence complexity is created around the core '''Subject Verb Object''' by adding: | ||
** clauses | ** clauses | ||
** modifiers | ** modifiers | ||
** phrases | ** phrases | ||
** prepositions | ** prepositions, etc. | ||
** | === categories of sentence purposes === | ||
* declarative sentence | |||
** = a statement or "declaration" of fact or firm opinion | |||
** ex. "I need to eat now." | |||
* exclamatory sentence | |||
= a statement of urgency or emotion | |||
** also called an "exclamation" | |||
** ex. "That really hurt!" | |||
* interrogative sentence | |||
** = or a question or a request | |||
** ex. "Is it raining?" | |||
** includes rhetorical questions, such as "Why does it have to rain now?" (which may also be delcarative | |||
* imperative sentence | |||
** = a or command | |||
** may also be an exclamatory statement | |||
** ex., "Get to work!" | |||
{{Clause (grammar)}} | {{Clause (grammar)}} | ||
== Grammar lesson plans == | == Grammar lesson plans == | ||