Editing Stylistic device (section)

===Syntax===
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Sentences can be long or short, written in the [[active voice]] or [[passive voice]], composed as simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex. They may also include such techniques as inversion or such structures as appositive phrases, verbal phrases (gerund, participle, and infinitive), and subordinate clauses (noun, adjective, and adverb). These tools can be highly effective in achieving an author's purpose.

'''Example''': The ghetto was ruled by neither German nor Jew; it was ruled by delusion. (from ''[[Night (memoir)|Night]]'', by [[Elie Wiesel]])

In this sentence, [[Elie Wiesel|Wiesel]] uses two parallel independent clauses written in the passive voice. The first clause establishes suspense about who rules the ghetto, and then the first few words of the second clause set up the reader with the expectation of an answer, which is metaphorically revealed only in the final word of the sentence.