- use to introduce a list

- always have a complete sentence before

colon

- between two independent clauses

- only use if the two independent clauses relate to each other

- use before a transition word

semicolon

- contains a word like up, beside, over, beneath

- describes a location, direction, where/when

prepositional phrase

- contains a independent clause and a dependent clause

- the dependent clause can come before or after the independent clause

- ALL dependent clauses need to include an AAAWWUOEBBIST word

complex sentence

- contains two independent clauses

- have to use a FANBOY in between each independent clause

- comma always comes BEFORE the FANBOY

- FORMULA: complete sentence, FANBOY complete sentence

compound sentence

- modifies verbs, adjectives, and adverbs

- most end with -ly

adverb

- FORMULA: to + a verb

infinitive phrase

- repetition in a list of words

parallelism/parallel structure