Simple sentence: ‘Then something went wrong.’ ADVERB PRONOUN VERB ADJECTIVE I think Salman Rushdie has used a simple sentence to create a dramatic effect on the mood/atmosphere.
Compound sentence: ‘Black smoke poured out of the chimneys of the sadness factories and hung over the city like bad news.‘ ADJ NOUN VERB ADV PRE ART NOUN PRE ART SUBJECT NOUN CONJ VERB PRE ART NOUN PRE ADJ NOUN. I think Salman Rushdie uses compound sentences to create a vivid image in your mind.
Complex sentence: ‘The day Soraya stopped singing in the middle of a line, as if someone had thrown a switch , Haroun guessed there was trouble brewing.’ ART NOUN PROPERNOUN VERB VERB PRE ART NOUN PRE ART SYMBOL[as if] NOUN VERB VERB ART NOUN PROPERNOUN VERB ADV VERB NOUN VERB. I think Salman Rushdie uses a complex sentence to elaborate on a certain emotion.
MAIN CLAUSE SUBORDINATE CLAUSE (hung over the city like bad news)=SIMILIE & PERSONIFICATION SIMILIE
March 11, 2015 at 5:32 pm
Sorry about the layout I didn’t know what to do.
March 12, 2015 at 2:28 pm
If the compound was split into two separate sentences then the subordinate clause wouldn’t make sense on its own
April 13, 2015 at 11:37 pm
Hello Callum,
I would suggest completing this work by hand and then taking a picture of it. You can then upload the work or email it to me.
Excellent effort, though.
Targets:
Check the word classes in your compound and complex sentence – are they correct for the context of these sentences?