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Quality Sentences = Good Paragraphs

Quality Sentences = Good Paragraphs. Simple sentence containing compound subject. Compound subject – two or more ideas present in the subject of a sentence, joined by a conjunction The prime minister and president met briefly to discuss the differences in their foreign policies.

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Quality Sentences = Good Paragraphs

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  1. Quality Sentences = Good Paragraphs

  2. Simple sentence containing compound subject • Compound subject – two or more ideas present in the subject of a sentence, joined by a conjunction • The prime minister and president met briefly to discuss the differences in their foreign policies.

  3. Complex sentence containing noun clause as direct object • Direct object – follows verb, answers question who or what • Noun clause – clause used as a noun • The hungry students were excited that she had brought them all cookies for class today.

  4. Complex sentence containing elliptical adverb clause • Elliptical adverb clause – part of the clause might be left out when the meaning can be understood from the rest of the sentence • While [Sandy was] walking to school, Sandy began to become frustrated with the quickening pace of raindrops.

  5. Compound-complex • Compound – two or more ideas • Complex – includes one or more clauses within the sentence • Following a busy day in the overheated school, the students rushed home to relax in air-conditioning, and they desperately wished for a vacation day at the lake instead of classes tomorrow.

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