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The Four Sentence Types

The Four Sentence Types. How do I make my writing interesting and sophisticated? Writers need the ability to tell the difference between an independent and a dependent clause. An independent clause can stand alone as a completed thought and sentence.

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The Four Sentence Types

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  1. The Four Sentence Types How do I make my writing interesting and sophisticated? Writers need the ability to tell the difference between an independent and a dependent clause. An independent clause can stand alone as a completed thought and sentence.

  2. 1. The simple sentence contains one independent clause. • Radioactive lizards are dangerous. • Lost Island contains 4 crashed vessels, 8 ancient temples, 15 hidden research stations, 16 temporal anomalies, 23 mysterious strangers, and 48 confused castaways. (In the above sentence, the words separated by commas are not clauses -- they do not contain both a subject and a verb. They are a series of modifying phrases -- a list of connected items.)

  3. #2 Compound Sentence A compound sentence contains two or more independent clauses joined by a comma and a coordinating conjunction FANBOYS -- for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so Or by a semicolon alone.

  4. FANBOYS & ; Examples • We came to Lost Island to help the Dharma Initiative develop peaceful coexistence initiatives, but we immediately had to battle smoke monsters and hostile hillbillies, and now we're evading phantom whispers and time traveling polar bears. [Three independent clauses joined by commas and coordinating conjunctions.] •I left the Cylon Colony for the Galactica fleet; I was happy to escape Brother Cavil's tyranny. [Two independent clauses joined by a semicolon.]

  5. #3 Complex Sentence A complex sentence contains at least two clauses: an independent clause and one or more dependent (or subordinate) clauses. Subordinating conjunctions (such as although, because, since, when, and while) join the clauses in a complex sentence. The subordinators are in bold type to stress the uneven relationship between ideas. • Although its days are bright and crisp, Gotham City's nights are dark and bleak. [Dependent clause followed by an independent clause.] • We enjoyed our trip to Johannesburg until Wikus mutated into a prawn. [Independent clause followed by a dependent clause.]

  6. When do I use a Comma? AAWWUUBIS • A dependent clause is not able to stand by itself. Dependent clauses frequently begin with words that let us know the clause cannot be a complete thought, such as “before, because, when, since, until, although, if, and unless” (and others). These words are called subordinating conjunctions.

  7. #4 Compound- Complex Sentence A compound-complex sentence contains three or more clauses: at least two independent clauses and at least one dependent (or subordinate) clause. • Whilewe lived in Tokyo, three deadly kaiju rampaged through our prefecture, but we never saw any of them ourselves. [DC, IC, cc IC.]

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