Compound Sentences

1. Compound Sentences Where simple sentences make out.

2. A Quick Review • Simple sentences are: S • A subject: what the sentence is about V • Averb: what the subject is doing or being O • Optionally, an object: what completes the verb • And, it must be a complete thought.

3. A Simple Sentence • So, a simple sentence is: SS S V O + + = And also… S S V V And so on…

4. The Compound Sentence • Just like with people, sometimes two simple sentences have a lot in common, and they want to spend all of their time together. Maybe we should hang. I see you are all about the blue I AM all about the blue! Maybe we should ;) Hi there. Hi yourself. WAIT! SS SS • Don’t sell yourself cheap!

5. The Compound Sentence • For a compound sentence, you need: • Two simple sentences • A relationship (we’ll get to this later) • A connection I’m about the blue! Me, too! SS SS

6. The Comma and Conjunction • This is one of the most common patterns. • The comma separates things to make them easier to read and understand. , • The conjunction tells us what the relationship between the simple sentences is. and so yet nor but or for

7. The Comma and Conjunction • Putting two simple sentences together that have a relationship looks like this: I like blue the most. It is my favorite color SS SS , so I like blue the most , so it is my favorite color.

8. The Comma and Conjunction • Notice that both sides of the conjunction are … SS S V O + + I like blue the most , so it is my favorite color.

9. The Comma and Conjunction • Another quick example: SS • Satrapi wrote Persepolis SS • We are reading that book in class. • Satrapi wrote Persepolis • , and • we are reading that book in class. , and

10. Compound Sentences • The last thing you have to remember is that the two simple sentences need to have a relationship as well as a connection. • You don’t want to jam two sentences together that don’t have a relationship. • I like blue a lot, so it is my favorite color. • I like blue a lot, and that cat is on fire. • Both of these simple sentences are about how much I like the color blue. They have an obvious relationship. • These two simple sentences don’t have a relationship. There is no reason to put them together.

11. Your colon and you Why grandpa is always right.

12. The compound sentence • A quick summary: • For the two compound sentences we have explored, you need: • Two simple sentences • A relationship • A connection Best friends! Forever! Or… , and ; SS SS

13. The Compound Sentence • Now, we’re going to focus on another connection. : The colon

14. The colon • The colon is very similar to its winking friend, the semicolon. ;) • The colon just has an extra job: it helps us to understand what comes before it. • It looks like this: SENTENCE PATTERN 5 : SS SS

15. The Colon • Colons are a lot like your grandparents talking: one is always talking, and the other is always clarifying. I really like to eat bacon. My bunions really hurt. I used to walk to school. It is so fatty and delicious. They burn like fire. It was ten miles away. SS : SS I really like to eat bacon: it is so fatty and delicious. My bunions really hurt: they burn like fire. I used to walk to school: it was ten miles away.

16. The Colon • What’s the difference between a colon and a semicolon? • Semicolons separate two simple sentences that are closely related. They have a relationship. • Colons separate a simple sentences from another that further explains or gives and example of the first.

17. A variation • Semi-colons and colons are both used to separate simple sentences. However, colons have other functions as well • Introduce a list after a Simple Sentence • The Greasy Spoon restaurant had several house specialties: a hot turkey sandwich, a roast pork dinner, a walleye platter, and a barbecued chicken wing basket. • Add emphasis to a word or phrase after a SS • The preoccupied burglar didn't notice who was standing right behind him: a smiling police officer. • Regardless, a colon always indicates an explanation or example!

18. Colon or Semicolon • Let’s play Colon or Semicolon! (applause) 1. There are many places to visit __ Vietnam is one of them. 2.I like to go to the park __ I also like to run on the trails. 1. Colon: Vietnam is an example of a place to visit. 2. Semicolon: These are two related statements, but the second does not explain or show an example of the first.

19. Semicolon or colon? 3. Seventy people lived in that cave __ they had no other choice. 4. “A man chooses __ a slave obeys.” 3. Colon: The second statement explains why they were living in the cave. 4. Semicolon: The second statement about slaves is related to the first, but it does not explain or give an example of it.

20. The Colon Practiced • Let’s try a few in our journals. 1. There are so many movies to watch:_______ _______________________________________ 2.______________________________________________: they come in blue and red and green. 3.______________________________________________:_______________________________________.

21. Colon Summary • Just think of your grandmother always explaining or giving examples of what your grandfather says in order to clarify his statements. I really love Las Vegas: I have so many aches: I have 8 grandkids: they have great buffets. they are all from the war. Jimmy is our favorite.