Complex Sentences
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Brooke Clark
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Multiple Choice
Which of the following presents the best way to revise this sentence: She is innocent, she has appealed to the court.
She is innocent, but she has appealed to the court.
She is innocent, so she has appealed to the court.
She is innocent; but she has appealed to the court.
No revision needed
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Multiple Choice
Which of the following presents the best way to revise this sentence: The poem presents strong themes. The poem does not get a lot of attention.
The poem presents strong themes; yet the poem does not get a lot of attention.
The poem presents strong themes, yet it does not get a lot of attention.
The poem presents strong themes, but the poem does not get a lot of attention.
The poem presents strong themes, the poem does not get a lot of attention.
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A complex sentence is one or more independent clause joined by one or more dependent clauses.
a dependent clause has a subject and a verb, BUT it does not make sense on its own. WHY?? → AWUBIS!
If a subordinating conjunction (AWUBIS) begins the dependent clauses, the clause must be followed by a comma.
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Multiple Choice
What is an independent clause?
A simple sentence that can stand on its own.
A compound sentence.
It has a subject and verb but does not make sense on its own.
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Multiple Select
What is true about a dependent clause? Choose all that apply!
It starts with an AWUBIS.
It has a subject and verb but does not make sense on its own.
It needs an independent clause to help it make sense.
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Complex Sentences =
AWUBIS DEP, IND
OR
IND AWUBIS DEP
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Multiple Choice
Which part of the following is the dependent clause: Although I did wake up on time, I arrived late to school.
Although I did wake up on time
I arrived late to school.
Neither
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Multiple Choice
Where should the comma be placed in the following sentence? Because softball is such a fun sport many people joined the team.
Because, softball is such a fun sport many people joined the team.
Because softball is such a fun sport, many people joined the team.
Because softball is such a fun sport many, people joined the team.
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Multiple Choice
Where should the comma be placed in the following sentence: The pep rally is going to be fun because the whole school will come together.
The pep rally, is going to be fun because the whole school will come together.
The pep rally is going to be fun because, the whole school will come together.
No comma needed because the AWUBIS is in the middle.
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Open Ended
How could you combine these two simple sentence to create a grammatically-correct complex sentence? Kimberly and Karina are amazing individuals. They make a strong team.
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Poll
On a scale of 1-5, to what extent do you think you understand complex sentences?
I don't think I understand.
I think I understand.
I know I've got this!
Let's do this!
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