Sentence Types | Compound /Complex Sentences | Figurative Language | Student Sentences | Everything and Anything |
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Simple Sentence
I parked the over-heated car by the side of the cliff
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Glue 1/ Dependent clause= while I was trying to induce her to buy me a milkshake
My pet lizard jumped onto my mother's head from the bookshelf while I was trying to induce her to buy me a milkshake; the plan was unsuccessful.
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Simile
His face became as red as a tomato.
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Alliteration
(if you enter.)
Dark, dank, deadly, daring but desirable describes the deep dark depths of a sewer, and there lies impending doom if you enter.
(one poetry term; also, name the dependent clause) |
Complex/ Simile
"If it was my master, why did he cry out like a rat and run from me?"
(one poetry term/ sentence type and details) |
Complex Sentence
When I saw the diaphanous creature floating out of the murky water, I screamed.
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Glue 2 / Dependent clause= As the disconsolate man looked across the dark water,
As the disconsolate man looked across the dark water, he lamented, and he knew that he would never see her bright smile again.
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Personification
The water raged against the rocks.
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Onomatopoeia
(During the kangaroo's magnificent jump)
During the kangaroo's magnificent jump, he launched into space; therefore, he hit his head on the moon and came crashing down to earth, everybody hearing, SPLAT!!
(one poetry term; also, name the dependent clause) |
Compound/ Complex /Glue 3 / Dependent Clause= When Jerry the Jumbo Janitor went to church with his laundry detergent
When Jerry the Jumbo Janitor went to church with his laundry detergent, he accidentally spilled it; consequently, the priest yelled at him.
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Compound - Glue 3
My jangled nerves were telling me I should never ride that roller-coaster again; sometimes, the thrill is a little too much.
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Glue 3 / Dependent clause= because of the many different patterns
The problem caused him great perplexity because of the many different patterns; in fact, his boss gave him three days to solve the enigma.
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Alliteration
The tops of the trees were too tall to touch.
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Simile (As I gazed at the turquoise ocean,)
As I gazed at the turquoise ocean, it sparkled like the stars in the sky; a feeling of repose washed over me.
(one poetry term; also, name the dependent clause) |
Compound/ Complex /Glue 3/
(Dependent clause= because a storm was brewing.) Alliteration/ Personification
The serene, secluded stream flowed peacefully through the forest; however, the swift wind blew about because a storm was brewing.
(two poetry term answers; also, name the sentence type and details) |
Compound - Glue 2
Hurricanes destroyed the entire coastline, and the dead fish along the beach were evidence of the calamity.
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Glue 2 / Dependent clause= when his coach reproved him for his impulsiveness,
The tumble he took in the soccer game would have mortified his peers, but when his coach reproved him for his impulsiveness, he smiled and went straight back to his risky tackles.
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Onomatopoeia/ Alliteration
Pow! the poisonous, powerful punch landed squarely on my nose.
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Simile/ Personification
(because his instincts flowed like a river.)
The caterpillar emerged from his resting place, for he knew his purpose in life because his instincts flowed like a river.
(two poetry terms; also, name the dependent clause) |
Compound/ Complex /Glue 2/ Dependent Clause= with a sudden splutter of the pen
So far the letter had run composedly enough, but here with a sudden splutter of the pen, the writer's emotion had broken loose.
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Complex -Dependent Clause 2nd
My pet lizard jumped onto my mother's head from the bookshelf while I was trying to induce her to buy me a milkshake.
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Glue 1/ Dependent clause= Landing in the apocryphal world
Landing in the apocryphal world, Johnny quailed at the diaphanous creature that accosted him; never before had he seen something bear such an odious expression.
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Metaphor/ Simile/ Alliteration
He was a raging bull when he found out she lied to him to protect him; she had treated him as if he was as fragile as a fading flower.
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Personification/ Alliteration
(When the colossal squid emerged from his cave in the depths,)
When the colossal squid emerged from his cave in the depths, he struck fear into the hearts of the divers, and as the divers raced rapidly to the sunny, warm surface, the aggravated squid attempted pursuit.
( two poetry terms; also, name the dependent clause) |
Open to teacher discretion
Teddy Roosevelt wisely remarked, "...there is no effort without error..." in his speech called The Man in the Arena.
(Please give an example of this in your own life) |