Monday, January 19, 2015

Sentence Styles


1. Simple: "They too have been deaf to the voice of justice and of consanguinity." (from the Declaration of Independence)

2. Compound: "In every stage of these Oppressions We have Petitioned for Redress in the most humble terms: Our repeated Petitions have been answered only be repeated injury." (from the Declaration of Independence)

3. Complex: "To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world" (from the Declaration of Independence)

4. Complex/Compound: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness." (from the Declaration of Independence)

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