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Definition of Periodic sentence
1. Noun. A complex sentence in which the main clause comes last and is preceded by the subordinate clause.
Definition of Periodic sentence
1. Noun. (rhetoric) A sentence whose main clause appears at its end. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Periodic Sentence
Literary usage of Periodic sentence
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Century Handbook of Writing by Garland Greever, Easley Stephen Jones (1922)
"The periodic sentence A sentence is periodic when the completion of the main thought
... A periodic sentence is doubly emphatic: it has emphasis by position ..."
2. Composition for College Students by Joseph Morris Thomas, Frederick Alexander Manchester, Frank William Scott (1922)
"A periodic sentence is a sentence so constructed that there is no complete
expression of thought until the end is reached.1 Such a sentence does not ..."
3. A Manual of English Prose Literature: Biographical and Critical, Designed by William Minto (1892)
"Professor Bain simply says that, " in a periodic sentence, the meaning is suspended
until the close," and makes no mention of a periodic sentence being ..."
4. Composition and Rhetoric for Schools by Robert Herrick, Lindsay Todd Damon (1899)
"The periodic sentence Open to Abuse.—Students are often told to make their style as
... In more formal writing the periodic sentence finds a natural place. ..."
5. Composition, Oral and Written by Charles Sears Baldwin (1911)
"The period, or periodic sentence, is very commonly an emphatic form for complex
... In general, a periodic sentence follows the principle of emphasis by ..."
6. Composition, Oral and Written by Charles Sears Baldwin (1909)
"The period, or periodic sentence, is very commonly an emphatic form for complex
... In general, a periodic sentence follows the principle of emphasis by ..."
7. English Composition in Theory and Practice by Henry Seidel Canby, Frederick Erastus Pierce, Henry Noble MacCracken, Alfred Arundel May, Thomas Goddard Wright (1912)
"The periodic sentence is so constructed that the meaning is incomplete until the
end. ... By its very nature the periodic sentence is apt to possess unity. ..."
8. An Introduction to the Study of Rhetoric: Lessons in Phraseology by Helen Josephine Robins, Agnes Frances Perkins (1907)
"THE periodic sentence. The periodic sentence has already been defined as one ...
Two advantages belong to the periodic sentence: the principle of Unity is ..."
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