Transcript SENTENCE TYPES

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 clause is a group of related words
containing a subject and a verb
– An independent clause can 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
i.e. love birds
• Example:
– We were exhausted, but we
arrived in time.
COORDINATING CONJUNCTION
• FANBOYS:
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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
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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
SUBORDINATING
CONJUCTIONS
after
although
as
as if
as long as
as though
because
before
even if
even though
if
if only
in order that
now that
once
rather than
since
so that
than
that
though
till
unless
until
when
whenever
where
whereas
wherever
while
COMPOUND-COMPLEX
SENTENCE
• More than one
independent clause, and
at least one dependent
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
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5.
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…
6.
Bruno tends to get bored sitting on the beach,
watching the waves, getting sand in his swimsuit,
and reading detective novels for a week.
7. This year, after a lengthy, noisy debate, they
decided to take separate vacations.
8. Bruno went to the White Mountains of New
Hampshire, and Pauline went to Cape Cod.
9. Although they are 250 miles apart, they keep in
constant contact on the internet.
10. Bruno arrived in the White Mountains, but
because he got snowed in, he did not enjoy his
vacation.
ANSWERS
1. Simple
2. Simple
3. Compoundcomplex
4. Simple
5. Compound
6. Simple
7. Complex
8. Compound
9. Complex
10. Compoundcomplex
HOMEWORK
• INCLUDE at least THREE sentences of
each sentence type in your Rough Draft
#1.
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Simple
Compound
Complex
Compound-complex
DUE WEDNESDAY