Tips for revising:
Read your draft out loud and slow down. Take your time and pause to
make changes and improvements so that it says what you mean.
Grammar of sentence structure
Use a period (.) to end a sentence.
Simple sentences (1 clause)
One subject – person, thing, place, or idea (I, you, box, hat, store)
One verb – action, state of being (go, spend, am, think)
Ex. The dog ran all the way home.
Compound sentences (2 clauses max)
Two subjects – same subject repeated twice, or different subjects
Ex. I spent two hours on my homework, and I got it done. (1
sentence made up of two clauses)
Ex. I spent two hours on my homework, and I got it done.
Then I went to the Writing Center, and Tom gave me
feedback. I made some changes, and I turned it in. (3
sentences made up of 6 clauses)
Complex
Compound-Complex