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Quality Sentences = Good Paragraphs. Simple sentence containing compound subject. Compound subject – two or more ideas present in the subject of a sentence, joined by a conjunction The prime minister and president met briefly to discuss the differences in their foreign policies. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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QUALITY SENTENCES = GOOD PARAGRAPHS
Simple sentence containing compound subject
• Compound subject – two or more ideas present in the subject of a sentence, joined by a conjunction
• The prime minister and president met briefly to discuss the differences in their foreign policies.
Complex sentence containing noun clause as direct object• Direct object – follows verb, answers question who or
what• Noun clause – clause used as a noun
• The hungry students were excited that she had brought them all cookies for class today.
Complex sentence containing elliptical adverb clause• Elliptical adverb clause – part of the clause might be left
out when the meaning can be understood from the rest of the sentence
• While [Sandy was] walking to school, Sandy began to become frustrated with the quickening pace of raindrops.
Compound-complex• Compound – two or more ideas• Complex – includes one or more clauses within the
sentence
• Following a busy day in the overheated school, the students rushed home to relax in air-conditioning, and they desperately wished for a vacation day at the lake instead of classes tomorrow.