Section 4 SENTENCES Sentence – a set of words that contains a subject and a predicate and conveys a statement, command, question, or an exclamation.
Sentence Parts Subject – what/who the sentence is about The wrongfully convicted murderer patiently awaited her revenge. Predicate – what the subject does The wrongfully convicted murderer patiently awaited her revenge.
Sentence Types Declarative – a sentence that makes a statement (ends with a period mark) Learning to travel to hell helps witches overcome their fears. Imperative – a sentence that makes a command (ends with a period mark) Learn to travel to hell immediately. Interrogative – a sentence that asks a question (ends with a question mark) Why would anyone want to travel to hell? Exclamatory – a sentence that expresses great emotion, passion, excitement (ends with an exclamation mark) That trip to hell was terrifying!
Sentence Patterns Simple Sentence: A sentence that is just one independent clause. Most people who have unfinished business are in the form of spirits. Compound Sentence: A sentence with multiple independent clauses, but no dependent clauses connected by FANBOYS (coordinating conjunctions) or a semicolon (;). Many episodes for AHS take up lots of time, but they all can be finished.
