Sentence Structure

What do you notice?

Nick Allen had plenty of ideas, and he knew what to do with

them.

- Andrew Clements, Frindle (1998)

Compound Sentence =

for

and

nor

but

or

yet

so

Sentence sentence, .

Compound Sentence Test

Are there two complete sentences, with subjects and verbs on each side of the FANBOYS?

Are a comma and one of the FANBOYS joining the two complete sentences?

Does the sentence meet all the criteria?

What do you notice?

I think about going in my room now, but it smells like the inside of an old lunch

bag in there.- Gennifer Choldenko, A Capone Does My Shirts

(2004)

What do you notice?

I could remember every detail of the whole night, but it had the unreal quality of a

dream.- S. E. Hinton, The Outsiders (1997)

What do you notice?

The dark scares us, for we don’t know what is waiting in

the dark.- Alvin Schwartz, Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones

(2001)

FANBOYS

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Cause-effect relationships

FANBOYS

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Equal relationships

FANBOYS

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Negative choice

FANBOYS

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Contrasting relationships

FANBOYS

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Choice

FANBOYS

Cartoons by Andrew Schroeder

Contrasting relationships

FANBOYS

Cartoons by Andrew Schroeder

Cause-effect relationships

Compound Sentence Test

Are there two complete sentences, with subjects and verbs on each side of the FANBOYS?

Are a comma and one of the FANBOYS joining the two complete sentences?

Does the sentence meet all the criteria?

What do you notice?

I sat near the back with Stephen, and he kept pestering me.

Stephen is my best friend, but I’m not sure he’d admit it.

There was only about a block to go before our bus stop, but I couldn’t stand

Stephen’s whining another second. - Andrew Clements, The Report Card (2004)

What do you notice?

I love to eat cheese, and fish.

What do you notice?

He yelped in pain, and she grabbed his wrists and pinned

his arms to the floor. - Brian Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret

(2007)

What do you notice?

But usually, the game we played in gym was kickball. I liked kickball, mostly because nobody had to take off his shirt to play it. There were about a dozen boys on each team, and the fielders would scatter across the big gym. Little guys like me would try to hit dribblers past the infield and scoot to first base before the ball got there. Big guys could bang the ball as far as they could and bounce it off the far wall.

- Dan Gutman, “Let’s Go to the Videotape,” Guys Write for Guys Read (2005)

True or False?

If it has one of the FANBOYS, it must be a compound sentence.

If it has a comma, it must be a compound sentence.

Compound sentence can only contain two simple sentences.

What do you notice?

It’s Friday night, and Mom is yelling at me because I won’t eat the chicken she cooked for

dinner. - Sarah Littman, Confessions of a Closet Catholic (2005)

Combining Sentences

A nervous chuckle rose up in me.

I refused to let it out.

- Nancy Osa, Cuba 15 (2003)

Combining Sentences

I tried calling her as soon as I got home from school.

Her line was busy.

- Nancy Osa, Cuba 15 (2003)

Compound Sentence =

Sentence sentence; .