a sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause a sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses, often joined by one or more conjunctions a sentence consisting of at least two coordinate independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses main clause is centered between subordinate material Main clause is separated by subordinate material

1. Complex sentence

a sentence with one independent clause and at least one dependent clause

2. Compound sentence

a sentence with two or more coordinate independent clauses, often joined by one or more conjunctions

3. Compound-complex sentence

a sentence consisting of at least two coordinate independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses

4. Centered Structure

main clause is centered between subordinate material

5. Convoluted Structure

Main clause is separated by subordinate material.

6. Declarative sentence

makes a statement

7. Ellipsis

the omission of a word or phrase which is grammatically necessary but can be deduced from the context

8. Epanalepsis

repetition at the end of a clause of a word that occurred at the beginning of the clause

9. Epistrophe

repetition of the same word or group of words at the end of successive clauses

10. Exclamatory sentence

provides emphasis or expresses strong emotion