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Compound Sentence (two or more independent clauses joined by a conjunction or semicolon)
“Nothing interesting has happened in school for the past seven years, but she asks regularly anyway.”
“I had never seen one before, so I wouldn’t have recognized it, but it was clearly labeled.”
Complex Sentence (an independent clause and at least one dependent clause) “Once I knew what I had, I ran like the devil the three houses to mine.”
“When he finally did leave, after threatening to often enough, he moved six hundred miles away.”
Compound-Complex Sentence (at least two independent clauses and a dependent clause)
“That isn’t the way I usually walk home from school, but that day I had gotten lost in thought and forgotten to turn at Oak, which saves me a half block.”
“Mom was at work, and Danny, my kid brother, was sitting in front of the TV, watching Dance Dynomite and finishing up a bag of potato chips I suspected he’d started not that long ago.”
Practice
Label the sentences below as simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex. Underline any independent clauses in the sentences.
After we finished, we put away the dishes and we cleaned up the mess.
compound–complex
compound The class has been cancelled, but it should be
rescheduled soon.
complex If you want to get ahead in life, you should remember what your mother taught you.
complex Hector wrote down what he wanted to say before he called Jolene.
simple The old, yellow car sputtered and lurched up the steep, curvy hill.
complex When life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade.
This will be a tough game, but if you try your best, we can win.
compound–complex
simple Some people like to eat breakfast foods for dinner.
compound I went to the dentist, and she cleaned my teeth.
As you write your short stories, use each of these four sentence types at least once
in all of your stories.
Editing
11. Review the final draft of your class-constructed the story to be sure it meets the requirements of the Learning Targets.
Writing Workshop 4 • Narrative Writing: Short Story 13
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