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1、Chapter5choiceofsentencesTypesofSentenceAccordingtotheirfunction,wehave—1)declarativesentences.(陈述句)2)interrogativesentences.(疑问句)3)imperativesentences.(祈使句)4)exclamatorysentences.(感叹句)Accordingtotheirstructure,wehave—1)simplesentences.(简单句)2)compoundsentences.(并列句)3)complexsentences.(复合句)4)c
2、ompound-complexsentences.(并列复合句)Fromarhetorical(修辞)pointofview,wehave—1)loosesentences.(松散句)2)periodicsentences.(掉尾句)3)balancedsentences.(平行句)4)Shortandlongsentences(长短句)Fromarhetoricalpointofview,sentencesareloose,periodic,orbalanced.I.loosesentenceandperiodicsentence1.Aloosesentenceputsthe
3、mainideabeforeallsupplementaryinformation;inotherwords,itputsfirstthingsfirst,andletsthereaderknowwhatitismainlyaboutwhenhehasreadthefirstfewwords.Thereversearrangementmakesaperiodicsentence:themainideaisexpressedatorneartheendofit,anditisnotgrammaticallycompleteuntiltheendisreached.Thereader
4、doesnotknowwhatitismainlyaboutuntilhefinishesreadingit.(AHandbookofWritingDingWangdao)a.ShedecidedtostudyEnglishthoughshewasinterestedinmusic.b.Althoughshewasinterestedinmusic,shefinallydecidedtostudyEnglish.ThemainideaofbothsentencesisthefactthatshedecidedtostudyEnglish.Thisideaisputatthebe
5、ginningofthefirstsentenceandattheendofthesecond,thusmakingonealoosesentenceandtheotheraperiodicone.Besides,thefirstpartofthefirstsentenceiscompleteinstructure,butthatofthesecondisonlyanadverbialclauseandcannotbecalledasentencewithoutthesecondpart.Loosesentencemainideaispresentedatthebeginning
6、andthesubordinateordependentconstituentsareaddedtoit.Suchsentencesareplacedinanaturalorderlikethis:subject-verb-complement.Theinformationisorderlypresentation.Itisoftensimpler,natural,anddirect.E.g..Thestudentsatquietly,tremblingatthethoughtofwritinganessay.Periodicsentencesubordinateideacome
7、sfirstandmainideacomesattheend.E.g.Havingconsideredbothsidesoftheargument,Ihavecometotheconclusionthattheadvantagesofowningacaroutweighthedisadvantages.A.YoucannotmakegreatprogressinEnglishwithoutgoodstudyhabits.B.Withoutgoodstudyhabits,youc