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Sentence Structures: Adding variety and style in your writing!!

Sentence Structures: Adding variety and style in your writing!!. Independent Clause. A group of words with a subject and a verb that can stand alone as a complete sentence. *Oprah Winfrey. Mentor sentence: We drove in silence. ~from Twilight. Dependent Clause.

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Sentence Structures: Adding variety and style in your writing!!

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  1. Sentence Structures: Adding variety and style in your writing!!

  2. Independent Clause A group of words with a subject and a verb that can stand alone as a complete sentence. *Oprah Winfrey

  3. Mentor sentence: We drove in silence. ~from Twilight

  4. Dependent Clause A group of words with a subject and a verb that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence *Miley Cyrus

  5. Mentor sentence: When we got to the house, Charlie finally spoke. ~from Twilight

  6. Dependent clauses begin with a subordinating conjunction… AAAWWUBBIS!! after, although, as, when, while, until, because, before, if, since…

  7. Other subordinating conjunctions include: so that as long as that unless even though whenever though as if

  8. Simple Sentence 1 INDEPENDENT clause *Blake Lively

  9. Mentor sentence: My mother drove me to the airport with the windows rolled down. ~from Twilight

  10. Compound Sentence 2 INDEPENDENT clauses *Jay Z and Beyonce

  11. Mentor sentence: Every day was a happy day, and every night was peaceful. ~from Charlotte’s Web

  12. Compound sentences are joined with a comma and a coordinating conjunction FANBOYS for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so

  13. Complex Sentence 1 INDEPENDENTclause and 1 Or moreDEPENDENTclauses *Kate Hudson

  14. Mentor sentence: When summer comes to the North Woods, time slows down. ~from A Northern Light

  15. Compound-Complex Sentence 2 Or more INDEPENDENTclauses and 1 or more DEPENDENTclauses *Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie

  16. Mentor sentence: As soon as a truck was completely loaded, the master sergeant called out a name, and a soldier emerged from the yellow glow of the shed. ~from Soldier X

  17. Try these examples • Sacramento is the capital of California, but Los Angeles is the largest city. • I own a Porsche while my husband owns a Lexus. • Call your father as soon as you arrive in Paris. • When the train arrives, and if Mrs. Brown is on it, she will be arrested.

  18. More examples • I ate the sushi, and I left the restaurant. • The football game was cancelled because it was raining.

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