Identify "red flashing light word" and whole subordinate clause:
Because I love the 8th grade, I did not give them homework.
Because; Because I love the 8th grade
100
Identify only MAIN subjects and MAIN verbs (in independent clauses).
Sanga Moses grew up barefoot in a small Ugandan village of thatched roof dwellings that lacked electricity.
Sanga Moses grew
100
For example, we know African-Americans earn less income, on average, than whites.
simple
100
Ugly pockets of conscious bigotry remain in this country, but most discrimination is more insidious.
compound
200
Define: subordinate clause
subject and verb, but cannot stand on its own
200
When students do not invest time and effort on assignments, they do not receive high grades.
When; When students do not invest time and effort on assignments
200
Identify only MAIN subjects and MAIN verbs (in independent clauses).
Families in the developing world spend up to 40 percent of their income on cooking fuel.
families spend
200
We can’t articulate why one seller’s iPod photograph looks better; dozens of factors shape this snap judgment — and we might often be distraught to realize some of them.
compound-complex
200
Turkish? Italian? Persian?
Fragment
300
Define: complex sentence
1 independent clause; 1 or more subordinate clauses
300
She thought that she was the best.
That; that she was the best.
300
Identify only MAIN subjects and MAIN verbs (in independent clauses).
Tens of thousands of gallons of oil have spilled into the rivers and creeks of the Sundarbans region, threatening tigers, dolphins.
Tens have spilled
300
The same résumé was roughly 50 percent more likely to result in callback for an interview if it had a “white” name.
complex
300
What stays with me more than flames,
broken glass, crowds swarming the streets
after the non-indictment.
fragment
400
Define: compound sentence
2 independent clauses
400
Marc, who was destined to be like Siddhartha, prayed every day.
WHO; who was destined to be like Siddhartha
400
Identify only MAIN subjects and MAIN verbs (in independent clauses).
In television interviews, villagers and fishers have complained of the smell of oil.
villagers,fishers have complained
400
When doctors were shown patient histories and asked to make judgments about heart disease, they were much less likely to recommend cardiac catheterization (a helpful procedure) to black patients — even when their medical files were statistically identical to those of white patients.
complex
400
I am a mixed number,
a percentage of a people,
I am a fraction of a stereotype.
Run on
500
Define: compound-complex sentence
2 independent clauses; 1 or more subordinate clauses
500
We went to the same beach where I found that huge shell.
where; where I found that huge shell.
500
Identify only MAIN subjects and MAIN verbs (in independent clauses).
The fact that the oil tanker was wrecked in one of the sanctuaries has heightened the grave concerns about the environmental impact.
fact has heightened
500
I could go on, but hopefully the sheer breadth of these findings impresses you, as it did me.
compound-complex
500
But please, hear me loud; though muffled, my voice may well be, when I say that I, too, can no longer breathe.