Structures,
Phrases, and
Syntax Techniques
(Sentences courtesy of Mrs.
Friedsam’s fabulous students.
Sentence Structure
Fred is manly.
Sentence Structure:
Simple Sentence
Fred is manly.
Sentence Structure:
I like cows, but I
don’t like to eat
them.
Sentence Structure:
Compound Sentence
I like cows, but I
don’t like to eat
them.
Sentence Structure:
The fish died because
there was a large
amount of excretion in
the tank.
Sentence Structure:
Complex Sentence
The fish died because
there was a large
amount of excretion in
the tank.
Sentence Structure
Although it is hot
outside, teachers feel the
need to enforce dress
code, so we die of heat,
wearing jeans.
Sentence Structure: CompoundComplex Sentence
Although it is hot
outside, teachers feel the
need to enforce dress
code, so we die of heat,
wearing jeans.
Phrases
Like a rampant
animal, Nick tore
into his food.
Phrases: Prepositional Phrase
Like a rampant
animal, Nick tore
into his food.
Phrases
I hate to do
homework, because
I love to have fun.
Phrases: Infinitive Phrase
I hate to do
homework, because
I love to have fun.
Phrases
Tony, the tiny tiger,
isn’t insecure about
his size.
Phrases: Appositive Phrase
Tony, the tiny tiger,
isn’t insecure about
his size.
Phrases
Running from the
beast, I ran off a
cliff and into space.
Phrases: Participial Phrase
Running from the
beast, I ran off a
cliff and into space.
Phrases
Reading a fortune
cookie, is a good
way to get lied to.
Phrases: Gerund Phrase
Reading a fortune
cookie, is a good
way to get lied to.
Phrases
Her stomach churning, her
forehead perspiring, her
vision blurring, the woman
clutched the podium and
prayed that she would not
faint in front of the crowd.
Phrases : Absolute Phrase
Her stomach churning, her
forehead perspiring, her
vision blurring, the woman
clutched the podium and
prayed that she would not
faint in front of the crowd.
Syntax Techniques
The moon is happy, sad,
crazed, mad.
Syntax Techniques: Asyndeton
The moon is happy, sad,
crazed, mad.
Syntax Techniques
Weekends move
quickly, school days,
slowly.
Syntax Techniques: Ellipsis
Weekends move
quickly, school days,
slowly.
Syntax Techniques
I went to the store and I
bought milk.
Then I went home and I
drank it.
Syntax Techniques: Parallel
Structure/Parallelism
I went to the store and I
bought milk.
Then I went home and I
drank it.
Syntax Techniques
To make a sandwich you
need a toaster, and
bread, and cheese, and
ham, and skills.
Syntax Techniques: Polysyndeton
To make a sandwich you
need a toaster, and
bread, and cheese, and
ham, and skills.
Syntax Techniques
The morning is cool.
Cool like an Icee.
Syntax Techniques: Anadiplosis
The morning is cool.
Cool like an Icee.
Syntax Techniques
Texas is hot, while
Antarctica is cold.
Syntax Techniques: Antithesis
Texas is hot, while
Antarctica is cold.
Syntax Techniques
Jalapenos are hot,
while ice cream is
cold.
Syntax Techniques: Juxtaposition
Jalapenos are hot,
while ice cream is
cold.
Syntax Techniques
We, the Freshmen Class, will
not fight, not push, not kill,
not eat in class, and will not
be annoying to the
upperclassmen.
Syntax Techniques: Anaphora
We, the Freshmen Class will
not fight, not push, not kill,
not eat in class, and will not
be annoying to the
upperclassmen.
Syntax Techniques
Weep no more for you are
Sophomores, not Freshmen.
Yes, Sophomores, you now
rock, so weep no more.
Syntax Techniques: Epanalepsis
Weep no more for you are
Sophomores, not Freshmen.
Yes, Sophomores, you now
rock, so weep no more.
Syntax Techniques
Frankie talked like a
frog; he walked like a
frog, and he sang like a
frog.
Syntax Techniques: Epistrophe
Frankie talked like a
frog; he walked like a
frog, and he sang like a
frog.
Syntax Techniques
Ask not why Mrs. Friedsam is
weird; ask why weirdness
defines Mrs. Friedsam
Syntax Techniques: Antimetobole
Ask not why Mrs. Friedsam is
weird; ask why weirdness
defines Mrs. Friedsam
Syntax Techniques
Insane, she is.
Syntax Techniques:
Inversion/Inverted Order of a
Sentence
Insane, she is.
Syntax Techniques
What Planet are you
from?
Syntax Techniques: Rhetorical
Question
What Planet are you
from?
Syntax Technique
As if you were as good as
me.
Syntax Technique: Rhetorical
Fragment
As if you were as good as
me.