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What is the structure of the sentence?

The girl had been upset, yet now she smiled and told us about her day.
a. compound-complex
b. simple
c. complex
d. compound

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This sentence would be D. Compound. You can know this/ identify this if it consists of two or more independent clauses.

example:

|||||||||||||||||||||first independent clause| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||2nd |

Dad just baked an angel food cake, and I can't wait to taste it.

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the answer to your question is a

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