Compound Sentences

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Compound Sentences

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Simple Sentences

• A simple sentence expresses one complete idea.
• The main characters in ancient Greek dramas were
  at the mercy of their fate.

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A simple sentence can have a compound subject, a
compound predicate, or both.

• Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos were the goddesses
  of fate. (compound subject)
• They created the fabric of each life and
  scheduled its end. (compound predicate)
• Clotho, Lachesis, and Atropos spun, decided the
  length of, and cut the thread of life. (compound
  subject and compound predicate)

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Compound Sentences

• A compound sentence expresses two or more
  complete ideas that are related and are equal in
  importance.
• If a sentence is compound, it can always be
  separated into two or more simple sentences.
• The Trojan War lasted ten years, and Troy was
  destroyed.

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Compound Sentences

• Connect the simple sentences in a compound
  sentence with a conjunction, or connecting word,
  such as and, but, or or.
• Use a comma between the joined sentences unless
  the sentences are very short and closely related.
  
• Helen was the wife of a Greek king, and Paris, a
  prince of Troy, kidnapped her.
• She was freed and he was killed.

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• You may also join simple sentences with a
  semicolon alone.
• A champion among warriors fought for the Greeks
  his name was Achilles.

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Identify each sentence as simple or compound.

• Homer was a Greek poet he probably lived around
  700 B.C.
• Homers two epic poems became the basic textbook
  for every young greek.
• In the mid-1200s B.C., Greece and the city of
  Troy fought a war.
• Several centuries later, Homer wrote the Iliad,
  and he also wrote the Odyssey.
• The Iliad describes three weeks of batle during
  the Trojan War its subject is the rage of
  Achilles.
• Achilles is a very angry man and has only one
  real friend.
• Patroclus, the friend of Achilles, is killed, and
  the warriors wrath explodes.
• Athena, goddess of war, sides with Achilles and
  helps him defeat Troy.

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Identify each sentence as simple or compound.

• 9. In the Odyssey, Homer describes what happens
  to Odysseus , another Greek hero of the Trojan
  War.
• 10. After the war, Odysseus wants to go home to
  his wife in Ithaca, but first he must travel for
  ten years.
• 11. The goddess Circe tempts Odysseus with
  luxury, and he stays with her one year.
• 12. The Sirens call to him with an offer of
  knowledge of the future, but he has himself tied
  to the ships mast and resists their call.
• 13. Then he stays with the goddess Calypso for
  seven years, and she offers him immortality.
• 14. At last, Odysseus leaves Calypso he chooses
  to be human and rejoins his family.

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