Identify the following sentence as simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex.

in fact, only a small percentage of southern africa is desert.

Simple

Explanation:

A simple sentence consists of one clause, with a subject and a predicate. In the sentence given, the subject is only a small percentage of southern Africa and the predicate is is desert.

The rest of the answer choices are incorrect because compound, complex and compound sentences have at least two clauses. Thus, a compound sentence contains two independent clauses, complex sentences possess one independent clause and at least one dependent clause, while compound-complex sentences have at least two independent clauses and one subordinate clause.

- "there are several movements that doris lessing was associated with. first of all, communism. she pursued her communist beliefs and included them in her writing, and was also a member of several communist book clubs. she is also strongly associated with feminism, her fight for equality and women's rights.

doris lessing is the kind of writer who has followers, not just readers. they have been engaged to her chiefly because of her involvement in major problems, such as politics and woman-ism."