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 tectonics involves the movements of Earthâs lithospheric plates relative to one another over the planetâs weak asthenosphere. This activity changes the positions of all plates with respect to Earthâs spin axis and the Equator.