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What is a Sentence? A sentence is the major foundation of all essay's. Writer can't express their ideas without the usage of sentences. There are four esstenial purposes of sentences declarative, interrogative, exclamatory,and imperative.(Hacker pg.463) Simple, compound, complex,and compound-complex are all examples of different forms of sentences.(Hacker pg.463)

Purpose:

Declarative sentence: It never gives a command or state a question; it only tells the audience your ideas.

Ex.The echo always has the last word.(Hacker pg.465)

Interrogative Sentence: It askes your audience a question relating to your topic.

Ex.Are second thoughts always wisest?(Hacker pg.465)

Exclamatory Sentence: It show passion or feeling.

Ex.I want to wash the flag, not burn it!(Hacker pg.465)

Imperative Sentence: It gives a command or request.

Ex.Love your neighbor.(Hacker pg.465)

Types of Sentences:

Simple Sentence: It only contains one independent clause.

Ex.Without music, life would be a mistake.(Hacker pg.464)

Compound Sentence: It contains two or more independent clauses.

Ex.One arrow is easily broken, but you can't break a bundle of ten.(Hacker pg.464)

Complex Sentence: It contains one independent clause and one or more independent clauses.

Ex.If you scatter thorns, don't go barefoot.(Hacker pg.464)

Compound-Complex Sentence: It contains two independent clauses and a least one dependent clause.

Ex.Tell me what you eat, and I will tell you what you are.(Hacker pg.464)

Three Basic Parts:

Subject: It's usually the noun or pronoun in the sentence.

Verb: It expresses the action in the sentence.

Predicate: It modifies the subject and usually comes right after the verb. Subject

Sentences that don't have any of this basic parts are called fragments.

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Work Cited

Hacker, Diana. A Writer's Reference. 5th Edition Boston:Bedford/St. Martin's 2003

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