Question

Identify the examples of compound and complex sentences found in the passage.

Some of you are here today in this room, and many of you are watching and cheering from back home.

Through your programs, students have become poets, dancers, and filmmakers, but more importantly, they become leaders in their schools and in their communities.

But you all do it because you see firsthand the transformative impact that the arts can have on our young people.

And finally, I want to thank all of the teachers, administrators, and volunteers who make these programs possible.

Answer 1

In the passage, there are examples of both compound and complex sentences.

Compound sentences are made up of two independent clauses joined by a coordinating conjunction (such as "and," "but," or "or").

Example of a compound sentence in the passage:

- "Some of you are here today in this room, and many of you are watching and cheering from back home."

This sentence has two independent clauses ("Some of you are here today in this room" and "many of you are watching and cheering from back home") joined by the coordinating conjunction "and."

Complex sentences consist of an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.

Example of a complex sentence in the passage:

- "But you all do it because you see firsthand the transformative impact that the arts can have on our young people."

This sentence has an independent clause ("you all do it") and a dependent clause ("because you see firsthand the transformative impact that the arts can have on our young people").

Another example of a complex sentence in the passage:

- "Through your programs, students have become poets, dancers, and filmmakers, but more importantly, they become leaders in their schools and in their communities."

This sentence has an independent clause ("students have become poets, dancers, and filmmakers") and a dependent clause ("but more importantly, they become leaders in their schools and in their communities").