RACE + Sentence Structure
Please choose two (2) prompts to answer, answering each fully—using the R.A.C.E.
strategy—and then identify each sentence as one of the following sentence
structures: simple, compound, complex, compound-complex.
Responses are to be in complete sentences, and contain six or more (6+) sentences.
1. Who is the greatest basketball player of all time? Why?
2. In a nationwide survey of 21,678 U.S. high school students, researchers found that nearly
75% of the students’ feelings related to school were negative. Do you believe this is true?
Why or why not?
3. The United States is on the list of the world’s top 10 unhealthiest countries. Why do you
believe this is so?
4. Which would you rather be: beautiful or smart? Why?