Sentence Types
My dog rode in my car today.
Simple sentence
When characters are speaking in a story.
Dialogue
The idea of walking into the haunted house made me shiver like a leaf.
Simile.
A type of sentence made up of two independent clauses.
Compound sentence
Hot/cold
Day/NightSynonyms/Antonyms
A clause that cannot stand on its own
Dependent clause
When the reader is full of anticipation at what will happen next
Suspense
Metaphor
A clause that makes sense on its own (can stand alone)
Independent clause
"It was an idyllic day -perfect to take a walk in the park."
1. What does idyllic mean
2. What strategy helped you determine this?
1. Peaceful/perfect/beautiful
2. Context clues
After the rain stopped, we started to rake the leaves.
Complex sentence
A moral or lesson a reader is supposed to learn
Theme
"Let the storm rage on. The cold never bothered me anyway."
Personification
A sentence made up of one independent clause and one dependent clause
Complex sentence
"When Bennie came storming into her room, she threw down her phone and slammed the door shut behind her. With a growl of annoyance, she threw herself down on her bed."
Make an inference about how Bennie is feeling.
Angry/upset
What clues help with your inference?
I have three cats and they all like to misbehave.
Compound sentence
The way a story moves along -speeding up unimportant details and slowing down the important information
Pacing
An extreme exaggeration that is not intended to be believed
Hyperbole
Conjunctions that connect two independent clauses together (For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So)
Coordinating conjunctions
"In the dark, creepy, cold basement, there is a monster hiding in the shadows."
Are these an example of coordinate adjectives? How do you know?
1. Yes
2. "And test"; two or more; relate to the same word; can be switched around
A sentence that is made up of two independent clauses and one dependent clause.
Compound-complex sentence
Writers use this type of language which appeals to all 5 senses
Sensory language
"I was drizzle and she was hurricane."
Metaphor
Conjunctions that begin dependent clauses (Before, Although, Since, After)
Subordinate conjunctions
This is the worst day of my life.
Hyperbole