AP Rhetorical Devices Examples: loose sentence(non-periodic) sentence, and a periodic sentence. LOOSE SENTENCE - begins with a main clause that is followed by phrases and/or clauses that modify the main clause. These phrases or clauses add information to the main or independent clause.
Other patterns such as the locations of earthquakes, mountain belts, and volcanoes, the shape of the sea floor, and the distribution of. rocks and fossils can. be seen. Geologists have developed the theory of. plate tectonics to explain these features. According to plate tectonics, the outer part of. the Earth is a layer of rock about 100 kilometers. thick. This shell is very thin compared to the size of. the Earth. This shell is divided into at least 25. pieces, which are called plates.
Plate Movements In the 1960s, scientists developed a newtheory that combined continental drift and seafloor spreading.According to the theory of plate tectonics, Earthâs crust and partof the upper mantle are broken into sections. These sections,called plates, move on a plasticlike layer of the mantle.ECTION 3 Theory of Plate Tectonics 195 SECTION 3 Theory of Plate Tectonics 195 Causes of Plate Tectonics Many new discoveries have been made about Earthâs crustsince Wegenerâs day, but one question still remains.