Friendship (adapted from Charlotte's Web by E. B. White) 1. Charlotte was eating a fly caught in her web. 2. Wilbur the pig looked away in
disgust. 3. "Charlotte, my new spider friend," thought Wilbur, "is fierce, brutal,
scheming , bloodthirsty-every-thing I don't like. 4. How can I like her, even though she
is pretty and, of course, clever?"
5. Wilbur was experiencing the doubts and fears that often go with finding a new
friend. 6. In time, he was to discover that he was mistaken about Charlotte. 7. Under her
rather bold and cruel exterior, she had a kind heart, and she was to prove loyal
and true to the very end.
2. Using details from the text, describe how the theme is revealed in the text.

to show how the cables work.

the knight would die while giong on a quest.

sentences vary by structure as well as by function. there are compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.

simple sentence

i like to read.

a simple sentence has one independent clause.

compound sentence

i like to read, and i also like to write.

a compound sentence includes more than one independent clause, connected by a coordinating conjunction (and, but, for, nor, or, so, or yet).

complex sentence

i prefer to read books that are bestsellers.

a complex sentence includes one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. (a dependent clause is one that cannot stand alone.) types of dependent clauses include relative clauses (i kicked the boy who pinched me), adverb clauses (i am going home now because i have a curfew), and noun clauses (i don't know what to do next).

compound-complex sentence

although i prefer to read current bestsellers, i do like to read old agatha christie mysteries, and i also like some 20th-century science fiction.

compound-complex sentences take a bunch of clauses (multiple independent clauses, and one or more dependent clauses) and toss them together like a salad. although these sentences take practice to write in a grammatically correct fashion, they can hold a tremendous amount of meaning, and are common in academic writing.