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 Ponyboy is a greaser.  In the field, they chased junior highers.  Sodapop has a strange name and is a strange person too.  Steve and Dally aren’t Ponyboy’s blood brothers. ? ? ? ? ? SIMPLE COMPOUND COMPLEX COMPOUND COMPLEX A simple sentence contains one independent clause. SIMPLE

 Darry is still young, but he has a job.  Cherry is nice, and she’s a Soc.  Greasers are tuff; Socs are rich. ? ? ? ? ? SIMPLE COMPOUND COMPLEX COMPOUND COMPLEX A compound sentence contains two or more independent clauses. COMPOUND

 When Darry goes to work, the boys all play.  Mom and Dad were special people, like all parents are to kids. ? ? ? ? ? SIMPLE COMPOUND COMPLEX COMPOUND COMPLEX A complex sentence contains one independent clause and one or more subordinate clauses. COMPLEX  The greasers might get treated poorly because they are poor.

? ? ? ? ? SIMPLE COMPOUND COMPLEX COMPOUND COMPLEX A compound-complex sentence contains two or more independent clauses and one or more subordinate clauses. COMPOUND COMPLEX  Even when Paul Newman acts badly, his movies are great, and we go watch them.  Grey eyes are the tuffest, and slick-back hair is the only way to go if you are savvy.

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? ? ? ? ? SIMPLE COMPOUND COMPLEX COMPOUND COMPLEX He jumped at the other greaser. SIMPLE

? ? ? ? COMPOUND COMPLEX COMPOUND COMPLEX When the Soc drove up to the Dingo, everyone laughed at him. COMPLEX ?

? ? ? ? ? SIMPLE COMPOUND COMPLEX COMPOUND COMPLEX The Beatles are good, but Elvis Presley is out! COMPOUND

? ? ? ? SIMPLE COMPOUND COMPLEX COMPOUND COMPLEX Mustangs are tuff, but we don’t dig Corvairs, even if they’re souped up. ? COMPOUND COMPLEX

? ? ? ? SIMPLE COMPOUND COMPLEX COMPOUND COMPLEX Whenever I wear my madras jacket, the girls think hot stuff about me. COMPLEX ?

? ? ? ? ? SIMPLE COMPOUND COMPLEX COMPOUND COMPLEX Ha ha ha ha, greasers don’t do so hot in school. SIMPLE

? ? ? ? ? COMPOUND COMPLEX COMPOUND COMPLEX S.E. Hinton might have been a greaser, but she might’ve been a Soc just as easily. COMPOUND

? ? ? ? SIMPLE COMPOUND COMPLEX COMPOUND COMPLEX Things might be rough all over, especially if your tires have been slashed, but you can always choose to have a good attitude. ? COMPOUND COMPLEX

? ? ? ? ? SIMPLE COMPOUND COMPLEX COMPOUND COMPLEX School rules say no six-inch switchblades, and they outlaw beer blasts too. COMPOUND

? ? ? ? SIMPLE COMPOUND COMPLEX COMPOUND COMPLEX I can tell that the stories of the New York muggings are scary. COMPLEX ?

? ? ? ? SIMPLE COMPOUND COMPLEX COMPOUND COMPLEX Some people think gangs are bad for kids, yet I think they can offer a kind of family that we might not get any place else. ? COMPOUND COMPLEX

? ? ? ? ? SIMPLE COMPOUND COMPLEX COMPOUND COMPLEX Bear was never a Soc. SIMPLE

? ? ? ? COMPOUND COMPLEX COMPOUND COMPLEX When you’re a gang, you stick up for your members, and they stick up for you. ? COMPOUND COMPLEX

? ? ? ? SIMPLE COMPOUND COMPLEX COMPOUND COMPLEX If the Socs are hanging out in their social clubs, we laugh at them and tell insulting jokes. COMPLEX ?

? ? ? ? ? SIMPLE COMPOUND COMPLEX COMPOUND COMPLEX The Cheshire Cat, nicknamed “Chessy Cat,” is a character from Alice in Wonderland. SIMPLE

? ? ? ? ? COMPOUND COMPLEX COMPOUND COMPLEX You could ride saddle bronc too, but you’d have to practice and get tougher. COMPOUND

? ? ? ? ? SIMPLE COMPOUND COMPLEX COMPOUND COMPLEX A DX is a gas station in town with kids working at it. SIMPLE

? ? ? ? ? COMPOUND COMPLEX COMPOUND COMPLEX On Saturday, the fuzz showed up and hauled us down to the station. SIMPLE

? ? ? ? COMPOUND COMPLEX COMPOUND COMPLEX We drink Cokes because they are tasty. COMPLEX ?

? ? ? ? ? SIMPLE COMPOUND COMPLEX COMPOUND COMPLEX We watched a double feature at the theatre, so we bought lots of popcorn and Cokes. COMPOUND

? ? ? ? SIMPLE COMPOUND COMPLEX COMPOUND COMPLEX A hitchhiker was causing lots of trouble, so a fight broke out when he told this nice girl to hand over her purse. ? COMPOUND COMPLEX

? ? ? ? SIMPLE COMPOUND COMPLEX COMPOUND COMPLEX When the switchblades came out, the cops had to do their jobs, and they arrested the juvenile delinquents. ? COMPOUND COMPLEX

? ? ? ? SIMPLE COMPOUND COMPLEX COMPOUND COMPLEX You would probably lie about your age too if a cute Soc was talking to you, but you might feel guilty about it. ? COMPOUND COMPLEX

? ? ? ? SIMPLE COMPOUND COMPLEX COMPOUND COMPLEX Since she’d tucked a package of Kooks in her back pocket, the store owner had to call the police. COMPLEX ?

? ? ? ? SIMPLE COMPOUND COMPLEX COMPOUND COMPLEX When I slick my hair back with grease, I’m as handsome as a Greek god. COMPLEX ?

? ? ? ? ? SIMPLE COMPOUND COMPLEX COMPOUND COMPLEX I might have failed mathematics, but I passed auto mechanics. COMPOUND

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