Directions: Look back over your analytical work on the passage and use it as you write an analytical essay that addresses the prompt below. You must use textual evidence to support your assertions and organize your essay, using thoughtful transitions and meaningful paragraph breaks.

Use the rubric here to check yourself as you write your essay.

Prompt: In a well-developed essay, explain how Lewis Thomas uses the resources of language to support his purpose.

a complex sentence consists of an independent clause and one or more dependent clauses.  

to write complex sentences, we must use subordinating conjunctions.  

all the complex sentences begin with a subordinating conjunction and when it occurs, a comma must be place at the end of the dependent clause. on the contrary, if the sentence begins with an independent clause, then no comma is used.

after  

although  

as  

because  

before  

if  

since  

when  

for example,  

after she won the competition, she became very popular.  

although my father was hurt, he continued fighting for his rights.  

as all of you got a ten, you will be able to leave early today.  

before he went to the war, he asked his parents to bless him.  

if it is cold, i won’t go out.  

since you didn’t bring the homework, you will get low grades.  

when it is hot in the town, everyone goes to the beach.  

i’m pretty sure it is the second

xd

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explanation: in literature, realism focuses on dialogue, characterization, everyday moments and events, the character's psychological development, actions, decisions, as well as believable settings

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