Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Sentences

loose sentence: Her grandmother died, after a long battle with cancer, brain surgeries, and diabetes.

periodic sentence: After many years of long hours, no overtime, and exhaustion, Chris was finally promoted to manager.

sentence with parallel structure: I like shopping, shopping gives me a sense of purpose, a feeling that one store can make any bad day better.

inverted order sentence: At the house cleans Karen.

split order: At home, Karen cleans.

interrupted order: "Yes, that's true --oh well actually might not be, but that's not important--I did once dance with Michael Jackson at a club back in the day!" Elizabeth told her astonished children.

compound: The day of shopping left her restless, but Linda went to another mall after the first one.

complex: None of the kids wanted to read aloud, so the teacher had to take over.

compund-complex: Even though she was greatly missed, Annabelle didn't return home, and people stopped hoping for her return.    ?


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