LITERATURE QUESTIONS
GOTHIC LITERATURE
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Fred busied himself with his task, raking leaves into several piles.
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While speaking to George, Fred busied himself among the piles of leaves.
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Fred got up, and while he was raking the leaves, he told George a funny story.
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Fred liked George, and he raked leaves while telling George a funny story.
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Detailed explanation-1: -A compound-complex sentence is comprised of at least two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses. Example: Though Mitchell prefers watching romantic films, he rented the latest spy thriller, and he enjoyed it very much.
Detailed explanation-2: -A WORD whose structure is both COMPLEX and COMPOUND: hot-bloodedness, in which there are two base words, hot and blood, and two suffixes, -ed and-ness; biographical, in which there are two combining forms, bio-and-graph and a composite suffix-ical.
Detailed explanation-3: -Exclamatory sentences are most effective when they’re short, but you can also use them as compound-complex sentences: Since you helped me when I was young and inspired me to be a writer, I’m dedicating my book to you!
Detailed explanation-4: -A simple sentence has only one clause. A complex sentence has one main clause and one or more subordinate clauses. A compound sentence has two or more clauses of the equal rank.