Writing techniques

1. Noun clauses

1.1. Subject

1.2. Object

1.3. Complement

1.4. Appositive

2. Sentence structures

2.1. Simple sentence

2.2. Compound sentence

2.3. Complex sentence

2.4. Compound-complex sentence

3. Noun phrases

3.1. Pre-modifiers+ Head noun+ Post-modifiers

3.2. Noun+ prepositional phrase

3.3. Noun+ relative clause

3.4. Noun+ past participle clauses

3.5. Noun+ present participle clauses

3.6. Noun+ to-infinitive ckause

4. Adverb clauses

4.1. Time

4.2. Place

4.3. Manner/Distance/Frequency

4.4. Reason

4.5. Purpose

4.6. Result

4.7. Concession

4.8. Contrast

4.9. Condition

5. Inversion

5.1. Only

5.2. Negative words

5.2.1. Neither (nor)

5.2.2. Little

5.2.3. Hardly... when

5.2.4. No longer

5.2.5. No sooner... than

5.2.6. At no point

5.2.7. By no means

5.2.8. Under no circumstances

5.3. so/as...

5.4. so... that

5.5. Conditional

5.5.1. Should...

5.5.2. Had...

5.6. Whole

6. Formal Language

7. Impersonal verb phrases

7.1. It appears to/that...

7.2. It seems to/that...

7.3. It tends to be...

8. Conditional sentenes

9. The passive

9.1. In mid-position

9.2. In first-position

10. Relative clauses

10.1. Defining

10.2. Non-defining

10.3. Ing-participate

10.4. Ed-participate