Sentence Imitation – Notes #8

Trouble is a part of your life,

and

if you don’t share it,

you don’t give the person

who loves you

a chance to love you enough.-Dinah Shore

Trouble is a part of your life,

Independent Clause – a group of words that can stand alone as a complete sentence

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and

Coordinating Conjunction – a word that can join two independent clauses.

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if you don’t share it,

Dependent (subordinate) clause – a group of words that depends on an independent clause to exist as a sentence.

Subordinating Conjunction – a word that can begin a subordinate clause.

you don’t give the person

who loves you

a chance to love you enough.

Independent clause with a Dependent Clause in the middle of it.

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Trouble is a part of your life, (ind. clause)

and (coordinating conjunction)if you don’t share it, (dep. clause)

you don’t give the person (ind. clause-first half)who loves you (dep. clause)

a chance to love you enough. (ind. clause-second half)

NOW WRITE A SENTENCE OF YOUR OWN THAT CONTAINS ALL THESE ELEMENTS.

This type of sentence is called a COMPOUND-COMPLEX SENTENCE.

Define COMPOUND-COMPLEX SENTENCE.

What are some reasons for using COMPOUND SENTENCES rather than just simple sentences?

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The Ancient Mariner said to Neptune during a great storm,

“O God, you will save me

if you wish,

but I am going to go on holding my tiller straight.”

-Montaigne

NOW WRITE A SENTENCE OF YOUR OWN THAT CONTAINS ALL THESE ELEMENTS.

Sentence Creation Combine the following simple

sentences into:A) A compound sentence

B) A complex sentence

C) A compound-complex sentence

Here I stand. I can do no other. God help me.

-Martin Luther