Periodic Sentences have the stem clause at the end. This sentence pattern uses a delay to create anticipation and suspense, climax or ironic anti-climax.
Example: Ignoring the imprecations of the gardener, pushing by the numbskulled narrator Nelly, and storming like a newly released bull primed for insemination into his childhood playmate's bedchamber, Heathcliff arrived.
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Cumulative sentences have the stem clause at the beginning, followed by a series of clauses or phrases in parallel structure. These sentences allow the writer to layer detail upon detail to unveil depth of insight and mastery of sentence fluency.
Example: Catherine waited in the storm for Heathcliff to return, her resolution never faltering, even as, moment by soaking wet moment, the fact of his self-imposed exile sunk into her once-beautiful, now thoroughly bedraggled head.
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