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SENTENCE TYPES. SIMPLE, COMPOUND, COMPLEX, COMPOUND-COMPLEX. Subject. The subject of a sentence is the person, place, thing, or idea that is doing or being something. dog, Ms. Brunson, Chili’s, my soul. Verb .
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SENTENCE TYPES SIMPLE, COMPOUND, COMPLEX, COMPOUND-COMPLEX
Subject • The subject of a sentence is the person, place, thing, or idea that is doing or being something. • dog, Ms. Brunson, Chili’s, my soul
Verb • Verbs are a class of words used to show the performance of an action (do, throw, run), existence (be), possession (have), or state (know, love) of a subject. To put it simply a verb shows what something or someone does.
CLAUSES • A clauseis a group of related words containing a subject and a verb • An independent clausecan stand on its own • She is older than her brother. • A dependent clause cannot stand on its own • Since she is older than him, she can tell him what to do. • (Subordinating conjunction: will review later in the slides.)
SIMPLE SENTENCES • one independent clause • Can stand alone • Example: • We drove from Connecticut to Tennessee. Lone Ranger
COMPOUND SENTENCE • More than one independent clause • Contains one FANBOYS(aka coordinating conjunctions): • For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So • Example: • We were exhausted, butwe arrived in time. i.e. love birds
COORDINATING CONJUNCTION • FANBOYS: • For • And • Nor • But • Or • Yet • So * A semi-colon can also be used in the place of a “comma conjunction” as long as the two independent clauses relate to one another.*
COMPLEX SENTENCES • One independent clause, and at least one dependent clause • Contains a subordinating conjunction: establishes a connection from the independent clause to the dependent clause • Examples: • Since he loved acting, he refused to give up his dream of being in the movies. • Unless we act now, all is lost. i.e. Disney World
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COMPOUND-COMPLEX SENTENCE • Morethan one independent clause, and at least onedependent clause • Examples: • After it was all over, my dad claimed he knew we were planning something, but we think he was really surprised.
QUIZ: simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex • Pauline and Bruno have a big argument every summer over where they should spend their summer vacation. • Pauline loves to go to the beach and spend her days sunbathing. • Bruno, on the other hand, likes the view that he gets from the log cabin up in the mountains, and he enjoys hiking in the forest. • Pauline says there is nothing relaxing about chopping wood, swatting mosquitoes, or cooking over a woodstove. • Bruno dislikes sitting on the beach; he always gets a nasty sunburn.
QUIZ CONTINUED… • Bruno tends to get bored sitting on the beach, watching the waves, getting sand in his swimsuit, and reading detective novels for a week. • This year, after a lengthy, noisy debate, they decided to take separate vacations. • Bruno went to the White Mountains of New Hampshire, and Pauline went to Cape Cod. • Although they are 250 miles apart, they keep in constant contact on the internet. • Bruno arrived in the White Mountains, but because he got snowed in, he did not enjoy his vacation.
Simple Simple Compound-complex Simple Compound Simple Complex Compound Complex Compound-complex ANSWERS
HOMEWORK • INCLUDE at least THREE sentences of each sentence type in your Rough Draft #2. • Simple • Compound • Complex • Compound-complex DUE TUESDAY