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Kinds of Sentences 1. Declarative- Jacob went to the park to play basketball 2. Interrogative- How long were you at the baseball field? 3. Imperative-Finish your dinner right now. 4. Exclamatory- I made a 100 on my science project!

Correcting a run on sentence 1. End the sentence with a period and capitalize the next word. The boy went to the store to buy some milk. He  2.Separate the sentence with a comma, and use a conjunction. The boy bought the milk, but it was expired. 3. Use a semicolon The milk was expired; they did not drink it. 4. Use a subordinating conjunction The boy went to the store while Justin went to school.

Sentence Structure 1. Simple <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">Adam went to the park. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">2. Compound <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">Adam went to the park and fell off of the monkey bars. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">3. Complex <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">While Adam was at the park, Mason was reading a book. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">4. Compound Complex <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">While Adam was at the park, Mason was reading a book and eating dinner. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;"> <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">Figurative Language <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">1. Simile <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">He ran as fast as a cheetah being chased by lion. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">2. Hyperbole <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">We were in the waiting room for a million years. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">3. Onomatopoeia <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">Crraaashh! The pans fell to the floor. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">4. Metaphor <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">She was a bird, gliding gracefully through the air. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">5. Alliteration <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">The awesome aliens amazed the boy that was sitting in a tree. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">6. Personification <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">The wind whistled through the leave. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;"> <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">

<span style="color: #008000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">Writing Styles <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">1. Absolute <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">Legs flailing, mouth wailing, the Indian attacked the foreign man. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">2. Appositive <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">Jason, the all-star pitcher, threw a perfect game. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">3. Adverb for Effect <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">"I need to leave in one hour," David said cautiously  <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">4. Adjective beginning <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">Horrified, he watched his friend eat a worm. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">5. Dash <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">The baseball player looks like an all-star--- an all-star couch potato. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">6. Speaker Tag <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">"I can't find my math book!" said Joseph punching the wall. <span style="color: #008000; font-family: Impact,Charcoal,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt;">