Varying Sentence Structure

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Varying Sentence Structure
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Sentence Structure

• Clauses (see p. 76 for help)
• The number and types of clauses in a sentence
• Four types
• Simple
• Compound
• Complex
• Compound-Complex

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Simple Sentence

• 1 independent clause
• Racers ride laps around a three-mile course
  filled with obstacles

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Compound Sentence

• 2 or more independent clauses
• Europeans have been enjoying cyclocross for
  decades, and now the sport is growing in the
  United States.

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Complex Sentence

• 1 independent clause at least 1 subordinate
  clause
• Every few laps, cyclists stop in the pit area,
  where mechanics change tires and make adjustments.

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Compound-Complex Sentence

• 2 or more independent clauses at least 1
  subordinate clause
• Maya Angelou, who is one of our countrys most
  gifted authors, has written short stories,
  novels, plays, and poems but she is perhaps best
  known for her autobiographical work I Know Why
  the Caged Bird Sings.