Sentence Types and Functions
What do you call a sentence that contains two independent clauses?
Compound Sentence
The one that produces the greatest good and does the least harm for all who are affected
Utilitarian
Reparations for Native Americans and African Americans, treatment of prisoners, and access to voting for poorer communities.
Social Justice Ethics
Who is performing at this year's halftime at the Super Bowl?
Bad Bunny
This is an example of:
five-year-old
Hyphen
A sentence that contains one or more independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.
Compound-Complex
The approach that best protects and respects the moral rights of those affected.
The Rights Approach
Controversy over the equality of pay between men’s and women’s sports.
Ethics in Sports
What state is Disney Land located in?
California
What is a long horizontal mark used in writing to set off amplifying information, create a dramatic pause, or signal an abrupt change in thought, similar to a colon, comma, or parenthesis but with more emphasis.
- EM Dash
A sentence that will include at least one subordinating conjunction.
Complex Sentence
The approach where actions treat all human beings equally, or if unequally, then fairly based on some defensible standard.
Fairness or Justice Approach
Someone practicing this type of ethics might analyze an individual’s character traits, such as honesty, intelligence, and compassion, before deciding how best to respond in a given situation.
Virtue
Who is the Vice President of the United States?
J.D. Vance
Replaces the word "to"
Ex. 2024-2025
En Dash
What type of sentence is this:
Recycling is an effective way of helping the
environment, and everyone should recycle at home.
Compound Sentence
This approach states the common conditions that are important to the welfare of everyone.
Common Good Approach
The sale of public lands to private developers, conflicts over potential polluters such as oil pipelines and factories, and policy development for new urban centers.
Environmental Ethics
What is FE on the periodic table?
Iron
True or False:
The "em" dash is longer than a hyphen
True
What kind of sentence is this:
Since recycling is an effective way of helping the environment, everyone should recycle at home; we can all work together to protect our planet.
Compound-Complex
Ethical actions ought to be more consistent with certain ideal virtues that provide for the full development of our humanity.
The Virtue Approach
This type of ethics encourages you to act with integrity and uphold moral duties consistent with personal connections.
Kantian
What symbol is on the State of Texas' Flag?
A Star
Which is used to introduce a final, emphatic thought?
Em Dash