Question

Read the excerpt from a summary of “The World on Turtle’s Back.” [1] The twins had opposite natures: the right-handed twin was truthful, and the left-handed twin was deceitful. [2] The right-handed twin always did the right thing, and the left-handed twin always did everything backward. [3] In these ways, the brothers represented the two warring natures that are in all people. [4] Quarreling constantly, they used magical powers to create animals that fought one another, and to create plants and medicines that could be used for good or for evil. Which best describes sentence 2? It is a run-on sentence. It is a simple sentence. It is a compound-complex sentence. It is a compound sentence.

Answer 1

The right answer is a compound sentence.

Answer 2

The correct answer is D) it is a compound sentence.

The best option that describes sentence number 2 is “it is a compound sentence.”

A compound sentence joins two sentences using semicolon or the words “such”, “for” “but” or “and”. A compound sentence helps the writer to write colorful and more complete sentences that could interest the reader. So in the case of sentence number two of the question, it is a compound sentence that is separated by an “and” that complements the first idea of the sentence. “The right-handed twin always did the right thing, and the left-handed twin always did everything backward.”