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Simple Sentences

Simple Sentences. I promise you, it’s really not all that simple. What is a simple sentence ? . A simple sentence is a sentence with just one independent clause. Easy, right? But…what’s an independent clause ?. What’s an independent clause ?.

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Simple Sentences

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  1. Simple Sentences I promise you, it’s really not all that simple.

  2. What is a simple sentence? • A simple sentence is a sentence with just one independent clause. • Easy, right? • But…what’s an independent clause?

  3. What’s an independent clause? • An independent clause can stand by itself as a complete sentence. • So it must contain a ________ and a _______. • Come on, help me out, I know you already know this. • That’s easy! Let’s all write some simple sentences together.

  4. Examples • The zombie is fighting the shark.

  5. Examples • Kim Jong Un is the leader of North Korea.

  6. Examples • The band played the concert.

  7. How can I screw this up? • By writing a sentence fragment, which is often just a subordinate clause. • Wait, wait, a what?

  8. What is a subordinate clause? • A subordinate clause, although it has a subject and a verb, cannot stand by itself as a complete sentence. • These clauses often start with a subordinating conjunction, or a relative pronoun.

  9. Subordinate Conjunctions • After • Although • As • As if • As long as • As much as • As soon as • As though • Because • Before • Even if • Even though • How • If • Inasmuch as • In order that • Lest • Now that • Provided that • Since • So that • Than • That • Though • Till • Unless • Until • When • Whenever • Where • Wherever • While

  10. Relative Pronouns • thatwhichwhichever whowhoeverwhom whosewhoseverwhomever

  11. Examples – Subordinate Clauses • Even though they are underwater • Which is a communist country • Until Troy’s mom told him to come home

  12. The major difference is that a subordinate clause does not provide a complete thought. • The reader is left wondering, “So what happened?”

  13. So a simple sentence can’t have a comma? • Commas are used in a sentence to separate elements in a sentence. • For simple sentences, commas are used to separate items in a list. • So yes, you can have a simple sentence that makes use of commas.

  14. Examples • Troy’s band includes a guitar, drums, and a trombone. • The zombie is trying to bite the shark’s nose, neck, or fin. • Kim Jong Un loves Mickey Mouse, Winnie the Pooh, and murder.

  15. The “Oxford comma” • A comma must be used between all items in a list or series. This avoids confusion. • For example: • The list for the supermarket includes milk, eggs, macaroni, and cheese. • Your reader could become confused by leaving out the final comma: • The list for the supermarket includes milk, eggs, macaroni and cheese.

  16. Another example • The panda bear eats shoots and leaves.

  17. Or…… • The panda eats, shoots, and leaves.

  18. Just remember

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