Which of the following is a compound sentence?
A.We saw pandas during our visit to the zoo.
B.Before we left, I bought a hat at the gift shop.
C.It was a beautiful day, so we decided to go to the zoo.
D.To get to the zoo, we took the train and a cab.
A = simple
B = complex
C = compound
D = simple
Which of the following is a compound sentence?(1 point)
Responses
It was a beautiful day, so we decided to go to the zoo.
It was a beautiful day, so we decided to go to the zoo.
Before we left, I bought a hat at the gift shop.
Before we left, I bought a hat at the gift shop.
To get to the zoo, we took the train and a cab.
To get to the zoo, we took the train and a cab.
We saw pandas during our visit to the zoo.
The compound sentence is: "It was a beautiful day, so we decided to go to the zoo."
Which of the following is a complex sentence?(1 point)
Responses
The family made sure they packed warm clothes before their trip up north.
The family made sure they packed warm clothes before their trip up north.
Her brother said they would be boring, but he absolutely loved them.
Her brother said they would be boring, but he absolutely loved them.
Ellie had been to the mountains, but her brother had never seen them.
Ellie had been to the mountains, but her brother had never seen them.
Ellie wants to go back and eventually live in the mountains someday.
The complex sentence is: "Her brother said they would be boring, but he absolutely loved them."
Why do authors vary sentence structure in their writing?(1 point)
Responses
To make their writing fictional.
To make their writing fictional.
To make their writing simpler.
To make their writing simpler.
To make their writing biographical.
To make their writing biographical.
To make their writing more interesting.
To make their writing more interesting.
Authors vary sentence structure in their writing to make their writing more interesting.
The connotation of a word is the ____________.(1 point)
Responses
way it is read out loud.
way it is read out loud.
number of meaning it has.
number of meaning it has.
feeling associated with it.
feeling associated with it.
sentence structure it is used in.