The Search for the Lost S.S. Beauty

Let’s Find It!!Rolling Meadows High School

The Four Types of Sentence Structure

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Simple Sentence

• Has one Independent Clause (I.C.)

• Examples– Mr. Mikulak has long hair.

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Compound Sentences

• A compound sentence ______________

• Basically, a compound sentence is two simple sentences that are joined.

• They are joined by the FANBOYS and ;

What the Hay are “FANBOYS”?

• Good question!!

• The FANBOYS are the only words that can join two independent clauses.

• They are: For, And, Nor, ________, ________, ________, ________.

• Don’t forget the semicolon!

So, Back to the Compound Sentence

• A______________ sentence has ________ joined by a FANBOYS word.

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– She is struggling in class, for she chooses not to do her homework.

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Complex Sentences

• A complex sentence has_____ and _____• Examples

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– Since he is practically married, she doesn’t have much of a chance.

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– They had their first smooch after they danced!Remember: A D.C. has a subject and verb

but cannot stand alone!

Compound-Complex Sentence

• A ________________________ sentence has______ and _______.

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– When my parents were in Africa, they worked with a bishop, and he was their main contact.

So, now I know about the four types of sentences, but why do I

have to know this stuff?• Because your writing

is immature• Because I expect you

to write maturely• Because you want to

be a better writer• Because I said so :)• Any questions?

We have now found the S.S. Beauty

• So, let’s use beautiful sentence structure in all our assignments.

• Seeing that I now know various sentence structures, I will use them in my papers.

• If not, I might see “vary sentence structure” (_______) written in the margins of my written madness.