Which of the following is a complex sentence
a. mark wanted blueberry pie and vanilla cream
b. sue gave jim a new racket, and he left for the tennis court
c. as, i expected, she showed up late
d. eileen bought pants but not a new jacket

Once you have finished revising your peer’s essay, continue to demonstrate your understanding of grammar and punctuation by writing an essay containing all of the grammatical concepts outlined above. your essay should be short, just 250 words, and it can be written on any subject. it should contain an example of parallel structure, an example of every type of phrase and clause outlined in this lesson, an example of two independent clauses connected by a semicolon, and an example of a colon. if you are struggling to come up with an idea for an essay, consider writing it about the themes present in one of the texts you have read already.

What else do you think experts can learn from studying the language of written work? what do you think is the value of studying the language of william shakespeare whose writing is over hundreds of years old?

Review rachel’s planned video presentation outline and answer the question