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Notes on Syntax (what is it (✧the order of verbs/adjective✧, ✧poets often…
Notes on Syntax
what is it
✧the order of verbs/adjective✧
✧poets often mess with it✧
✧in spanish it's backwards✧
creating meaning with syntax
✧creates complexity✧
✧makes your writing powerful and crisp✧
✧helps with conveying your message✧
syntax/diction/tone
✧tone is the writer or speaker's attitude towards what's happening✧
ex, words like angry, joyous, etc
✧diction is the connotation/ association of words✧
ex, slang, poetic, vulgar, etc.
✧syntax is sentence structure✧
ex, short, long, choppy, etc.
types of sentence structures
✧declarative, imperative, interrogative, exclamatory✧
✧rhetorical question✧
✧simple, compound, complex, compound-complex✧
examples
✧yoda✧
✧shakespeare✧
grammar vs synstax
✧grammar is the study of rules governing the use of language✧
✧syntax is how a sentence is worded✧