Compound or Complex?
Coordinating conjunctions (FANBOYS) are used in which type of sentence?
Compound sentences
definition: to move away from
example: "I hope my hairline doesn't _____ like my father's did"
recede
comparing two things using the words "like" or "as"
Example: "She was as quiet as a mouse"
simile
A connector word
"Hooking up words and phrases and clauses"
conjunction
Which story is this from, and who is it by?
"Then I blinked, and the tears stopped. Suddenly I just couldn't believe that I was crying about a hoodie. 'These tears are what I should be ashamed of-not the hearts instead of stars,' I thought.
The eyebrows of the A-group were all raised. I touched the bottom of my new sweatshirt, which felt very soft. I imagined my mother standing at the display at the Price Club. I pictured her rubbing the material, adding up how much it would cost with tax.
Then I imagined her picking up the hoodie anyway and carrying it proudly to the checkout for her daughter. 'You are so loved,' I heard inside my head."
"Good Enough" by Rachel Vail
Subordinating (ISAWAWABUB) conjunctions connect clauses in which type of sentence?
Complex Sentences
definition: important; famous
example: "They were quick to become to most ______ players in the NBA"
prominent
giving human characteristics to non-humans or objects.
Example: "The fox smiled slyly as he ran away from the hunter."
personification
Takes the place of a noun
examples: he, she, their, who, it, we
pronouns
Which story is this from, and who is it by?
"You asked your mother to iron them because she’s the best ironer you’ve ever known. Princess Press. Iron Woman. Can turn wrinkled fabric into something like thinly sliced pieces of wood. She knows how to steam and starch a thing to life. Make it look newer than it looked when it was new. But she said she ain’t your maid and asked if you thought the reason she taught you to iron at six years old was so that she could keep doing it for you. You almost sucked your teeth, but didn’t, because you love your life and would hate to lose it before the first day of school over a pair of hand-me-down jeans. Instead, you set up the ironing board, put water in the iron, and got to work. First the left leg. You set it flat and press the iron to it and push the button that triggers the steam, causing it to billow out like the ghosts of wrinkles being set free."
"First Day Fly" by Jason Reynolds
Is this sentence compound or complex?
Since I already checked my Spotify Wrapped, I don't think I'll be able to see the fun animations anymore.
Complex
definition: a part or element
example: "You can't control every _____ of your life"
aspect
comparing two things WITHOUT using the words "like" or "as," or saying something "is" something else.
Example: "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women are merely players"
metaphor
words used to describe things
examples: gorgeous, feathered, brown
adjectives
Which story is this from, and who is it by?
"I’d sprained my neck one time boosting my cousin Lou up to chisel Jimmy Lyons’s name into the wall when we found out he was never coming home from the war in Vietnam to take us fishing....
To the People of Taliaferro Street
I Dedicate This Wall of Respect
Painted in Memory of My Cousin
Jimmy Lyons"
"The War of the Wall" by Toni Cade Bambara
Is this sentence Compound or Complex?
I never like to stay late after school, but I couldn't help myself but to help my favorite teacher clean their classroom.
Compound
definition: shown great respect, sometimes for religious reasons
example: "Most religions have a text that they consider _______ to them"
sacred
a word that represents a sound
example: "whoosh"
onomatopeia
indicates place, time, or location.
shows the relationship of a noun to another part of the sentence
"The dog is _____ the house."
prepositions
Which story is this from, and who is it by?
“'I wish you would quit,' I said after a moment.
She sighed. 'The Chinese have a saying: one beam cannot hold the roof up.'
'But Eugenie Roberts’s father supports their family.'
She sighed once more. 'Eugenie Roberts’s father is Eugenie Roberts’s father,' she said."
"The White Umbrella" by Gish Jen
What three things need to be included to make a complex sentence?
1 dependent clause
1 independent clause
1 Subordinating (ISAWAWABUB) conjunction
definition: a clash or conflict
example: "There was a tense _______ between fans of the opposing teams after the game"
confrontation
an extreme exaggeration
example: "I'm so hungry, I could eat a cow!"
hyperbole
a word that modifies or describes an adjective, verb, or adverb
typically ends in "-ly" or "-y"
adverbs
Which story is this from, and who is it by?
"There is nothing I want to do
and too much
that has to be done
and momma’s in the bedroom
with the door closed."
"Hanging Fire" by Audre Lorde