The writing resource packet

17. Proof read and read your papers OUT LOUD before turning them in! 
You need a 
minimum of 4 
transitions: 3 PT’s 
and 1 for the CS 

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COMPLEX AND COMPOUND SENTENCES 
The Rules: 
1. Complex Sentences: When the dependent clause comes first, there is a comma 
before the independent clause. However, there is no comma when the dependent 
clause comes after the independent clause.
2. Compound Sentences: This occurs when the writer joins two independent clauses 
with a comma and a coordinating conjunction (and, but, nor, for, so, or yet) or two 
independent clauses with a semicolon. 
a. Note: a comma does not always go before every coordination conjunction. It 
has to be two independent clauses. 
i. I like chicken wings and pizza. 
ii. Would you rather have the apple or cherry pie? 
Type of Subordinator
Examples
 
 
Example Sentences 
Time
when, after, before,
As soon as I have saved one thousand 
while, as soon as, as
dollars, I plan to buy an  HP computer. 
whenever, until, just as
Cause/Effect
because, since
Because I worked all summer to save 
the money to buy a new computer, my 
parents promised to by me a color
printer.