Read the following excerpt from the poem "casabianca": they wrapt the ship in splendor wild, they caught the flag on high, and streamed above the gallant child, like banners in the sky. then came a burst of thunder-sound—the boy—oh! where was he? ask of the winds that far around with fragments strewed the sea, with mast, and helm and pennon fair, that well had borne their part but the noblest thing which perished there was that young faithful heart. in one well-developed paragraph with a topic sentence and supporting details, explain how the language in this excerpt develops the mood. (make sure you clearly explain what the mood is, too! )

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.