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Identify the subject in the following sentence: Her sister discovered the poems in her bureau.

What is sister?

100
Identify the simple predicate in the following sentence: Her poems contain many layers of meaning.
What is contain?
100

Simple, Compound or Complex?

He and his mother met and talked to a man from Curtis Publishing Company.

simple sentence?

100
What a tragedy!
What is exclamatory sentence?
100

Compound Subject(s): Jeff and I read and enjoy Eudora Welty's stories.

What is Jeff / I?

200

Identify the SUBJECT in the following sentence: My English teacher wrote an article on Charles Dickens.

Teacher

200

Identify the predicate in the following sentence: The class studied English with Mr. Jones.

Studied

200

Simple Compound or Complex

Russell waited for hours, but no one bought a single magazine.

 compound sentence?

200
Read a biography of Edgar Allan Poe.
What is imperative?
200

Simple Predicate: The author of the story began his career in journalism in 1947.

What is began?

300

Identify the compound subject(s) in the following sentence: Russell Baker and his family ate spaghetti one night.

What is Russel Baker / family?

300

Identify the predicate in the following sentence: You Tell the name of his college.

Tell

300

Russell wasn't interested in literature he never read the books.

What is run-on sentence?

300
Tell me what you think about his writing.
What is imperative?
300

Simple Subject(s): Had his mother encouraged his writing skills he would have been able to get a passing grade on his paper. 

What is mother?

400

Identify the simple subject in the following sentence: Point to the baker in the picture.

What is YOU?

400

Identify the compound predicate(s) in the following sentence: They enjoyed the food and argued about technique.

What is enjoyed / argued?

400

Simple Compound or Complex

Three of his favorite foods are pizza, spaghetti, and hamburgers.

 simple sentence?

400
Did you know that Poe lost his parents at a very early age?
What is interrogative?
400

Simple predicate: Did this experience give her ideas about a career?

What is give?

500

Identify the compound subject(s) in the following sentence: The Chinese and the Japanese use noodles in many dishes.

What is Chinese/Japanese?

500

Identify the compound predicate(s) in the following sentence: You need to add the cheese and bake the ziti.

What is add / bake?

500

How does a Complex differ from a Compound

1.  one has 2 sentences and complex does not

2.  different conjunctions

3.  Compound has to have a comma, complex does not

500
Edgar Allan Poe was raised in Richmond, Virginia.
What is declarative?
500

Simple, compound, or run-on: He grew up in Baltimore; his first job was with a Baltimore newspaper.

What is compound sentence?