Sentence Structure

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Dependent clause example:

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When the bird sings

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Independent clause example:

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Edgar Allan Poe is the best.

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A compound sentence

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Has 2 independent clauses, joined by a coordinating conjunction or a comma.

Front

Compound sentence example: I like to read and I like to write.

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I like to read and I like to write.

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A COMPLEX SENTENCE

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Has a dependent clause and an independent clause.

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Complex sentence example:

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Because I like Poe stories, I read them a lot.

Front

A COMPOUND-COMPLEX sentence

Back

Has 2 independent clauses and a dependent clause

Front

Identify the compound-complex sentence:

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Because I like Edgar Allan Poe, I read his stories and I write my own.

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Subordinating words?

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As, because, if, when

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Coordinating conjunctions:

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And, for, but, or, yet, so