periodic sentence

periodic sentence

English

Noun

periodic sentence (plural periodic sentences)

1. (rhetoric) A sentence whose main clause appears at its end.

Examples (periodic sentences)
Periodic sentence: By bringing the main point toward the end, close to following sentences that build on it, the periodic sentence can convey complex ideas. Non-periodic sentence: The non-periodic sentence, though starting strongly, can lose the reader by introducing important but subordinate points at the end.