Jellesma, Kara

October 15, 2012


 * 1) Compound Sentence - There was an eerie silence in the air and with each passing second my stomach constricted even more.
 * 2) Two independent clauses make up a compound sentence.
 * 3) The child yawned into her arm because she was insanely tired.
 * 4) A complex sentence is either made up of a Independent Clause and a Dependent clause or two dependent clauses.
 * 5) Three differences between a semi colon and a comma would be a comma is meant only for a slight pause, in comparison to a greater pause when a semi colon is being used. A comma used to connect several thoughts that show no evident connection while a semi colon would be used to put emphasis on details that are in a series of items. And finally commas connect thoughts that are not complete while semi colons simply make the objects more clear and focused.
 * 6) The girl in the corner, the one with the mysterious smirk on her face, had obviously done something I was unaware of.
 * 7) The comma was used to add additional information and connect it into the text, the information was not needed but it gave a clearer picture to the reader as to what was going on.
 * 8) The room was entirely black; all of the lights had been shattered.
 * 9) The semi colon was used to combine the two independent clauses into the single sentence, each could have stood on their own but they were combine to make a easier flow to the sentence.

-- Pagan's And The Unbaptized in Hell The Lustful Cannot Reach Gluttonous Amounts

Greed and Spendthrifts Downfall.

Hating Silently

Crime Against The Church

Bloodshed and Violence

Frauds

-- //Kara Jellesma// //Period 3// //English Honors// //Shingler// //October 9, 2012// //Sentence definition and examples//

//**Independent - bold**// Dependent- italics

//1. Define a compound sentence and provide one example (must show the mathematical breakdown).// //- Two independent clauses combined by f//or, and, nor, but, or, yet//, as well as// so //to form a sentence.// //- ID + ID = Compound// //- **There is an incredibly lazy man sitting on the couch** **and** **the incredibly lazy man won’t hand over the remote.**// NP: There is an Incredibly lazy man, remote Common Nouns: Man, remote Adj: Incredibly lazy, there is, an

VP: Sitting on the, won't hand over the Verbs: Sitting, hand-over Articles: On, the, over, won't

//2. Define a complex sentence and provide one example (must show the mathematical breakdown).// //- A sentence made up of an independent clause as well as one or more dependent clauses. The complex sentence has a connector like// because, after, although, when //and others to combine the sentences.// //- ID + D = complex// //-// When she was under water//, she remembered **she still had her purse on her shoulder.**//

NP: She still, purse, her shoulder Proper noun: She, her Common noun: Purse, shoulder Article: Still,

VP: Had her Verb: had Articles: Her

//3. Define a compound complex sentence and provide one example (must show the mathematical breakdown).// //- The combination of two independent clauses as well as one or more dependent clauses.// //- ID + ID + D = compound complex// //- **There was an enormous man in front of the door of the party**, **she was not sure she wanted to go in**,// regardless of her friends pushing her forward.

NP: there was an enormous man, she, her friends, Noun: Man Adj: Enormous Articles: there, was, an

VP: Was not sure, wanted to go in, pushing her forward Verb: Sure, go, pushing, wanted adj: forward articles: was, not, her, to, in.

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 * 1) __//**The Charleston Cougars are playing the Cary Rail Hawks in soccer tonight**//__

"The Charleston Cougars are playing the Cary Rail Hawks in soccer tonight."

NP: The Charleston Cougars

Articles: The

Common Nouns: NA

Proper Nouns: Charleston Cougars

Adj: NA

VP: Are playing; tonight

Verbs: are (Transitive), Playing (Transitive)

Adv: Tonight

PP: In soccer

Prepositions: in

Article: NA

Nouns: soccer

DO (if any exist): The Cary Rail Hawks

Noun: Cary Rail Hawks

Article: The

IC: The Charleston Cougars are playing .... tonight

DC: ...the Cary Rail Hawks in soccer...

Sentence Type (Simple, Compound, Complex, Compound Complex) - Complex

Sentence Correctly Punctuated: The Charleston Cougars are playing the Cary Rails Hawks in soccer tonight.


 * 1) Whenever my mother claims to have an emergency, it’s usually nothing more than a paper cut

"Whenever my mother claims to have an emergency, it's usually nothing more than a paper cut."

NP:Whenever my mother

Articles: NA

Common Nouns: Mother

Proper Nouns: NA

Adj: My

Conjunction: Whenever

VP: Claims to have; it's usually nothing more than a paper cut

Verbs: Claims, have, it's

Adv: Usually (nothing) more

PP: To (have)

Prepositions: to

Article:NA

Nouns: NA

DO (if any exist): An emergency

Noun: Emergency

Article: An

IC: Whenever my mother claims to have an emergency, it's usually nothing more than a paper cut.

DC:

Sentence Type (Simple, Compound, Complex, Compound Complex) Simple

Sentence Correctly Punctuated: Whenever my mother claims to have an emergency, it's usually nothing more than a paper cut.

"I received an incomplete on my homework because I forgot to write my name on it."

NP: I, because I

Articles: NA

Common Nouns: NA

Proper Nouns: I

Adj: Because

VP: Received (an incomplete), forgot, (to) write my name on it.

Verbs: received, forgot, write

Adv: NA

PP: On my homework, to (write) on it

Prepositions: on, to, on

Article: NA

Nouns: my homework, it

DO (if any exist):An incomplete (to write my name)

Noun: Incomplete, my name

Article: an

IC: I received a incomplete on my homework

DC: because I forgot to write my name on it.

Sentence Type (Simple, Compound, Complex, Compound Complex) Complex

Sentence Correctly Punctuated: I recieved and incomplete on my homework, because I forgot to write my name on it.