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Sentence Structures: Adding variety and style in your writing!!. Independent Clause. A group of words with a subject and a verb that can stand alone as a complete sentence. *Oprah Winfrey. Mentor sentence: We drove in silence. ~from Twilight. Dependent Clause.
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Sentence Structures: Adding variety and style in your writing!!
Independent Clause A group of words with a subject and a verb that can stand alone as a complete sentence. *Oprah Winfrey
Mentor sentence: We drove in silence. ~from Twilight
Dependent Clause A group of words with a subject and a verb that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence *Miley Cyrus
Mentor sentence: When we got to the house, Charlie finally spoke. ~from Twilight
Dependent clauses begin with a subordinating conjunction… AAAWWUBBIS!! after, although, as, when, while, until, because, before, if, since…
Other subordinating conjunctions include: so that as long as that unless even though whenever though as if
Simple Sentence 1 INDEPENDENT clause *Blake Lively
Mentor sentence: My mother drove me to the airport with the windows rolled down. ~from Twilight
Compound Sentence 2 INDEPENDENT clauses *Jay Z and Beyonce
Mentor sentence: Every day was a happy day, and every night was peaceful. ~from Charlotte’s Web
Compound sentences are joined with a comma and a coordinating conjunction FANBOYS for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so
Complex Sentence 1 INDEPENDENTclause and 1 Or moreDEPENDENTclauses *Kate Hudson
Mentor sentence: When summer comes to the North Woods, time slows down. ~from A Northern Light
Compound-Complex Sentence 2 Or more INDEPENDENTclauses and 1 or more DEPENDENTclauses *Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie
Mentor sentence: As soon as a truck was completely loaded, the master sergeant called out a name, and a soldier emerged from the yellow glow of the shed. ~from Soldier X
Try these examples • Sacramento is the capital of California, but Los Angeles is the largest city. • I own a Porsche while my husband owns a Lexus. • Call your father as soon as you arrive in Paris. • When the train arrives, and if Mrs. Brown is on it, she will be arrested.
More examples • I ate the sushi, and I left the restaurant. • The football game was cancelled because it was raining.