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Definitions for "Periodic sentence"
Keywords:  sentence, preceded, frightened, grocery, grammatically
Related Terms: Sentence fragment, Independent clause, Simple sentence, Main clause, Subordinate clause, Clause, Compound sentence, Dependent clause, Period, Run-on sentence, Grammatical, Complex sentence, Conjunctive adverb, Definition, Fragment, Noun clause, Subordinating conjunction, Relative clause, Dangling modifier, Adjective clause, Adverb clause, Preposition, Compound-complex sentence, Sentence, Tagline, Conjunction, Declarative sentence, Antecedent, Coordinating conjunction, Verb phrase, Relative pronoun, Epistrophe, Clitic, Appositive, Adverbial, Asyndeton, Tense, Particle, Expletive, Noun phrase, Parts of speech, Adjective, Apposition, Anadiplosis, Adjective phrase, Pronoun, Anaphor, Verb phrase, Proper adjective, Adverb
a sentence in which the normal order is inverted or an essential element suspended until the very end: e.g., Out of the house, past the grocery store, through the school yard and down the railroad tracks raced the frightened boy.
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a complex sentence in which the main clause comes last and is preceded by the subordinate clause
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a long, drawn out sentence with the main point at the end
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