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.actiondothrow(be)havestate

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.)

S IMPLE S ENTENCES one independent clause –Can stand alone –Example: We drove from Connecticut to Tennessee. Lone Ranger

C OMPOUND S ENTENCE More than one independent clause Contains one FANBOYS (aka coordinating conjunctions): –For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So Example: –We were exhausted, but we 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.*

C OMPLEX S ENTENCES 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

S UBORDINATING C ONJUCTIONS 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

C OMPOUND -C OMPLEX S ENTENCE 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 1.Pauline and Bruno have a big argument every summer over where they should spend their summer vacation. 2.Pauline loves to go to the beach and spend her days sunbathing. 3.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. 4.Pauline says there is nothing relaxing about chopping wood, swatting mosquitoes, or cooking over a woodstove. 5.Bruno dislikes sitting on the beach; he always gets a nasty sunburn.

Q UIZ C ONTINUED … 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.Compound- complex 4.Simple 5.Compound 6.Simple 7.Complex 8.Compound 9.Complex 10.Compound- complex

HOMEWORK INCLUDE at least THREE sentences of each sentence type in your Rough Draft #1. –Simple –Compound –Complex –Compound-complex DUE WEDNESDAY