Sentence Types Exercise 3

Complex or Compound-Complex? When studying Renaissance theater, one finds that many comedies contained humor, but humor was not required. COMPOUND-COMPLEX

Compound or Compound-Complex? Comedy was broadly defined as a dramatic work with a happy ending; a tragedy, in contrast, came to an unhappy end. COMPOUND

Complex or Compound-Complex? In addition to comedies and tragedies, Shakespeare wrote several plays classified as histories, which present stories about England’s earlier monarchs. COMPLEX *Sometimes a comma is needed when the dependent clause is at the end of the sentence, such as when relative pronouns are used.

Compound, Complex, or Compound-Complex? Shakespeare remains the undisputed master of the English sonnet because of his mastery of the sonnet’s form and his broadening of its content. COMPLEX