Mrs. Chawanna Chambers

1a. to New York
1b. on April 10, 1912
1c. the Titanic left Southampton
1d. on her maiden voyage
2a. of paper
2b. without a word
2c. she took a piece
2d. out of her pants pocket
3a. and her children
3b. being a star in her own right
3c. she was well able
3d. earning twenty-five pounds a week
3e. to support herself

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On April 10, 1912, the Titanic left Southampton on her maiden voyage to New York.
Without a word, she took a piece of paper out of her pants pocket.
Being a star in her own right, earning twenty-five
pounds a week, she was well able to support herself and her children.

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 Contains only one clause
 Examples
 “Ice melts.”
 “The ice melts quickly.”
 “The ice on the river melts quickly under the warm March sun.”
 Use these sentences when you want to close an argument or grab the reader’s attention, but use them sparingly.

 Consists of two or more independent clauses joined together by a coordinating conjunction.
 Example
 Simple: Texas is a great state. It has a plethora of racial tension.
 Compound: Texas is a great state, but it has a plethora of racial tension.
 Use these sentences when you want to compare or contrast items or show a balance.

 Consists of one independent clause and at least one dependent clause. Clauses are not equal.
 Example
 Simple: Jessica finished her dialectical journal.
She does not want to turn it in.
Dependent
 Complex: Although Jessica finished her dialectical journal, she does not want to turn it in.
Independent
 These sentences show the reader which idea is most important.

 Joins two complex sentences together with a semicolon
OR joins a simple sentence and a complex sentence with a conjunction.
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Dependent
Examples
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Simple
Simple and Complex: Jessica received an ‘A’ on the assignment, but the teacher struggled with the grade before she saw Jessica’s extra notes.
Independent
Dependent
 Two Complex: Regardless of Jessica’s worry, she turned in the assignment; after careful review, however, the teacher awarded her with an ‘A’.
Dependent
Independent

http://www.towson.edu/ows/sentences.htm#SIMPLE SENTENCE

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 An adjective is a word that tells us more about the noun or a pronoun. An adjective describes or modifies a noun. (sour lemon; happy girl; clear sky.)
 -Begin with an adjective.
 Ex. Kind people go everywhere in life.

 An action verb shows movement or action.
Whatever you’re doing can be expressed by a verb. (walk, jump, skip, plummet, dive, follow)
 -Begin with a verb ending in -ed.
 Ex. Saddened, she grabbed the tissue and wiped her eyes.
 -Begin with a verb ending in -ing.
 Ex. Laughing, I waved her over to meet my puppy.

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An adverb is a word that tells how, where and when. An adverb usually tells us more about a verb or an adjective.
(rather cold; goes outside; slowly walked)
-Begin with a phrase that tells where (adverb).
 Ex. Outside the snow started to fall on the treetops.
-Begin with a phrase that tells when (adverb).
 Ex. Tomorrow I will be going to Mrs. Hoover’s class! Hurray!
-Begin with a phrase that tells how (adverb).
 Ex. Slowly, I crept through the door as to not get caught by the teacher.

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A prepositional phrase begins with a preposition (about, above, across, after, against, along, amid, among, around, at, atop, before, behind, below, beneath, beside, between, beyond, by, concerning, down, during, except, for, from, in, inside, into, like, near, of, off, on, onto, out, outside, over, past, regarding, through, throughout, to,
toward, under, underneath, until, up, upon, with, within, without) and doesn’t include a verb.
-Begin with a prepositional phrase.
 Ex. Without a doubt, I was ready for the Super Bowl. Before
lunch, we are stopping by the Kellogg office.

Megginson, David. The Structure of a Sentence. The Writing
Centre. Retrieved 1 September 2010.
<http://www.writingcentre.uottawa.ca/hypergrammar/snt strct.html>