Declarative Disasters
What type of sentence is this: "Where is the school?"?
Interrogative
Identify the Subject: Have you ever heard the history of bells?
You
Jane Austen wrote as a young girl, yet she did not receive recognition until late in her life.
yet
What is the issue here:
Only the elephant and rhinoceros are larger than the hippopotamus.
No Issue
Hearst, like George Vanderbilt, constructed a mansion fashioned after fine architectural masterpieces in Europe
Declarative
The Chinese and other Asians were among the first bell makers.
Identify the simple subject
Chinese & Asians
Two of her most famous works are Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility.
and
What is the issue here
Which weighs about one hundred pounds at birth.
fragment
Have you ever toured Hearst Castle in San Simeon, California
Interrogative
In the late 1700s musicians composed the first musical pieces for bells.uszjnrijdxngxudnmf
1700s
The plots of these stories may appear simple at first but will eventually captivate the audience’s attention with their drama.
but
What is the issue here:
Hippos live in Africa, their favorite place is in the water.
Comma Splice
Take the train from Santa Barbara to see the beautiful countryside on the way to the castle
Imperative
Identify the Simple Predicate
Lasers scan price codes and transmit information.
Scan & transmit
Both Walter Scott and Rudyard Kipling admired her work.
both & and
What is the issue here:
River hippopotamuses can stay underwater for six minutes they live in herds of five to thirty animals.
Fused Sentence
Wow, the swimming pool at Hearst Castle is huge
Exclamatory
Identify the Subject and the Predicate
Lasers also print papers, read compact discs, and guide missiles.
Lasers; print, read, guide
What is the difference between correlative and coordinating conjunctions
coordinating link 2 items whether words or phrases.
What is the issue here:
The river hippo weighs as much as 5,800 pounds, the pygmy hippo weighs 400 to 600 pounds.
Comma Splice