SIMPLE

1. SIMPLE COMPOUND COMPLEX COMPOUND- COMPLEX SENTENCES

2. PHRASE A pair or group of words that consists of a subject or a predicate (verb). A phrase is NOT a complete sentence! has been in the United States for 70 years Verb Phrase Prepositional Phrase Prepositional Phrase

3. CLAUSE A pair or group of words that consists of a subject and a predicate. A clause includes phrases and can create a complete sentence. Subject Verb Phrase Captain America has been a famous superhero in the United States for 70 years. Prepositional Phrases

4. INDEPENDENT Clause STRONG Clause or MAIN Clause • A complete sentence • CAN stand alone Before he became Captain America, Steve Rogers was a scrawny student who could not pass the physical requirements to enlist in the Army.

5. DEPENDENT Clause WEAK Clause or SUBORDINATE Clause • NOT a complete sentence • CANNOT stand alone • Requires Subordinate Conjunction Before he became Captain America, Steve Rogers was a scrawny student who could not pass the physical requirements to enlist in the Army.

6. SIMPLE Sentence - One INDEPENDENT CLAUSE • Can have COMPOUND SUBJECT • or COMPOUND PREDICATE S V During WWII, Steve Rogers volunteered for Operation: Rebirth. S S V The Army and Professor Abraham Erskine intended to enhance the US soldiers to the height of physical perfection. S Verb Phrase Rogers was injected with the “Super Soldier Serum” and exposed to a burst of “Vita-Rays.” V

7. COMPOUNDSentence - TWO INDEPENDENT CLAUSES • Linked by a COMMA and a • FAN BOYS conjunction S 1 V 1 The process successfully altered his musculature from its frail state, and his reflexes reached the pinnacle of human possibility. S 2 , AND V 2 S 1 V 1 Operation: Rebirth was a great success, but Professor Erskine was assassinated by a Nazi operative. S 2 V 2 , BUT

8. COMPLEX Sentence • An INDEPENDENT CLAUSE • and a DEPENDENT CLAUSE • Dependent clause begins with an • ABE HIPSTUW (subordinate) conjunction Because he had great strength and quick reflexes, Rogers became a symbolic US hero to counter the Nazi propaganda machine. , Codenamed “Captain America,” Rogers was given a bulletproof shield and wore a costume which he modeled after the American flag.

9. COMPOUND - COMPLEXSentence - TWO INDEPENDENT CLAUSES and a DEPENDENT CLAUSE • Will have a FAN BOYS and • an ABE HIPSTUW conjunction After he made a daring air escape from his Nazi captors, Captain America’s plane was shot down, and his body was frozen in ice. S 1 V1 , , AND S 2 V 2

10. After, although, as Before, because Even though How If, in order that Provided that So, since That, than, though Unless, until When, whenever, where, wherever, while, why, which, what, whatever, who, whose, whom, whoever, whomever For And Nor But Or Yet So ;