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What is an incomplete sentence?
Missing a subject/predict
Not a complete idea or thought
What is a Dependent Clause?
Does not make sense on its own
Subject & Predict
What is a subject?
Noun or Noun Phrase
The object or organism that is being described
What is a Predict?
What is Verb or Verb Phrase
What the subject does
What is a Complete Sentence?
One or more independent clause
Opposite of a fragment
Subject & Predict
Independent Clause
Subject & Predict
Makes sense on its own
What is a Compound Sentence?
2 Simple sentences or independent clauses
Each one portrays a complete thought with a subject & Predict
What are the FANBOYS?
For
And
Nor
But
Or
Yet
So
How do you form a Compound sentence
Coordinating Conjuntion=FANBOYS
Comma, Semicolon; & a transitional expression
What is combing thoughtfully?
Connecting ideas, they have to relate to each other
Subordinating Conjunction
Words that connect Independent and Dependent Clauses Sometimes with a comma
What is a Complex Sentence?
At least one dependent clause & ONE independent
How do you create a complex Sentence?
Connect dependent & independent Clauses with a subordinate conjunction
What do you NOT need when beginning the sentence with an Independent Clause?
A Comma
What do you need when beginning the sentence with a Dependent Clause?
A Comma
What does THAMOS mean?
Therefore, However, Also, Meanwhile, and Otherwise
Conjunction Adverbs are used as transitional expressions that connect two independent clauses in a compound sentence
What does SWABI mean?
Since, When, After, Because, and If
Subordinating conjunctions that join two complete thoughts into one complex sentence
What is a Compound/Complex Sentence?
2+ Independent clauses
1+ Dependent clauses
Dependent, Independent, Independent
Comma goes after the Dependent clause and before the Independents that are connected by a FANBOYS
Independent, Dependent, Independent
Comma after Dependent clause
Independent, Independent, Dependent
Comma before Dependent clause
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