1. Sentence Types
Exercise 3

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

3. 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

4. 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.

5. 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