Writing a First Draft With Powerful Sentences

The most compelling and effective messages contain a variety of sentence patterns and avoid common sentence faults. You can create successful messages with sentence variety by understanding the four sentence types, controlling the length of your sentences, and avoiding fragments, run$-$ons, and comma splices.

Identify the correct pattern of a simple sentence.

An independent clause and a dependent clause preceded by a comma

One independent clause with a subject and a predicate verb

Two independent clauses and one dependent clause

Identify the sentence pattern of the following sentence.

Prisha should proofread the recommendation report, and you should finish the slide deck for the presentation.

Simple

Compound$-$complex

Compound