Complex sentences 10 18 10 Why use complex

Complex sentences 10. 18. 10

Why use complex sentences? • Help show different kinds of connections • Make your writing sounds better. • Make you a better writer

Compound sentences Uses independent clauses Uses conjunctions Combines two separate things Complex sentences Uses dependent and independent clauses Uses subordinating conjunctions Explains how one thing is related to another

How are complex sentences different from compound sentences? Complex sentences explain • how things are connected • or how one thing is related another

Independent clauses and dependent clauses • Independent clause: a group of words that contains a subject and verb and expresses a complete thought. An independent clause is a sentence. • Dependent clause: a group of words that contains a subject and verb but does not express a complete thought. A dependent clause cannot be a sentence.

Example 1. Because the Atlantis is equipped for research, it carries a submersible called Alvin. 2. Alvin is a white and orange sub that is used to explore underwater mountains.

Dependent clause Independent clause 1 Because the Atlantis it carries a submersible is equipped for called Alvin. research, Independent clause Dependent clause 2 Alvin is a white and orange sub that is used to explore underwater mountains.

Subordinating conjunctions Time Cause-Effect After, until, before, when, till, while Because, so that, in order that, provided that, unless, that Comparison. Contrast Though, although, where, as though, where as, even though