1TypesofSentence

1、Types of SentenceAccording to their use, we have 1) Declarative sentences. (陳述句)(makes an assertionor a statement)2) Interrogative sentences. (疑問(wèn)句) (asks a question)3) Imperative sentences .(祈使句)(expresses a command ora request)4) Exclamation sentences(感慨句)(expresses a strong feelingor emotion)Accor

2、ding to their structure, we have 1) Simple sentences. (簡(jiǎn)單句) (mainly has one subject and on predicate-verb, but it may contain more than one object, attribute or adverbial.)2) Compound sentences.(并歹!J 句)(consists of two ormore independent clauses related to each other in meaning, and linked by a coor

3、dinating conjunction (and, but, or, etc.)3) Complex sentences.(復(fù)合句)(contains one main clauseand one or more dependent clauses, with a connective word denoting the relation between the two parts.)4) Compound-complex sentences.(并列復(fù)合句)(contains at least two main clauses and at least one dependent claus

4、e- a combination of a compound and a complex sentence)From a rhetorical (修辭) point of view, we have 1) Loose sentences. (松散句) (puts the main ideabefore all supplementary information; in other words, it puts first things first, and lets the reader know what it is mainly about when he has read the fir

5、st few words)Eg. He decided to see the movie even though he was quite busy.2) Periodic sentences. (工整句) (the main idea is expressed at or near the end of it, and it is not grammatically complete until the end is reached)Eg. Although he was busy, he decided to seethe movie3) Balanced sentences.(對(duì)杖句)(contains two parallelclauses similar in structure but