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interacting in Meaningful Ways: analyze Sentence Variety
Learning Targets
• Apply basic understanding of how ideas, events, or reasons are linked throughout a text using a select set of everyday connecting words or phrases (e.g., first/next, at the beginning) to comprehending texts and writing basic texts.
• Combine clauses in a few basic ways to make connections between and join ideas (e.g., creating compound sentences using and, but, so).
• Evaluate a writer’s use of sentence variety to support their ideas. Sentence Variety
The author of “Shakespeare’s Life” uses sentence variety to keep the reader’s interest and convey ideas effectively. In this activity, you will practice writing different types of sentences, as well as combine the sentences into paragraphs that connect ideas about Shakespeare’s life.
Skim through “Shakespeare’s Life,” looking for examples of different kinds of sentences. Use the Language Resources boxes for support. Write four examples in the chart. Then identify the type of sentence each one is. Finally, analyze each example to understand the effect the author is trying to create. Use sentence variety in your analysis.
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Dependent and Independent clauses
Understanding the difference between dependent and independent clauses can help you construct a variety of sentences. The following are descriptions of both kinds of clauses.
Dependent clause
A group of words that has a subject and verb but is incomplete on its own
Independent clause
A group of words that has a subject and verb and can stand alone as a sentence
acadeMic VOcabUlaRY
convey is a verb that means “to
make known or understood.” If
you convey meaning about an
idea, that means that you have
made your idea known. You
have communicated it.
Example
Type of Sentence
Analyze Its Effect
Very little is known about his life, but by 1592 he was in London working as an actor and dramatist.
Compound sentence
It gives the reader two key facts about Shakespeare and highlights the fact that little is known about his life.
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Sentence Types
Simple Sentence: a sentence with one independent clause (contains a subject and verb). I saw two cats on the porch.
compound Sentence: a sentence with two independent clauses joined by a semicolon or comma and a coordinating conjunction such as and, or, but, not, or so. I like Indian food, but I also like Italian food. complex Sentence: a sentence that combines an independent clause and a dependent clause. After class, my friends and I played basketball. compound-complex Sentence: a sentence made from two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses. I like to watch movies, but I dislike my local theater, which is dirty and has uncomfortable seats.
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