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[Sentence
Structure] [Scanning]
[Skimming]
[Idea
Map]
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Compound-Complex Sentence |
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The fight started at school when some eighth-grade girls
stole a pencil case filled with makeup that belonged to
a new classmate, Amada Marcuson, and she reported them. |
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這場發生在學校的吵架,
是因為有些國中二年級的女學生,
偷了Amada
Marcuson這位新轉學的女學生裝滿化裝品的鉛筆盒,
隨後她向學校報告這件偷竊的事情. |
The structure of the sentence contains one main clause,
two compound clauses connected with the idea in the main
clause by two conjunctions “when” and “that”. At the
same time, two complex clauses are also used to describe
two features about the pencil case regarding content and
its ownership. |
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The
fight started at school,
when
some eighth-grade
girls stole a pencil case
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Main
Clause
Compound Clause |
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(that was) (filled
with makeup)
that
(belong to a new classmate),
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Complex Clause
Complex Clause |
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Amanda
Marcuson,
and
she reported them. |
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Complex
Clause |
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So the ability
to analyze complicated sentence structure is essential
to understand your reading. Sometimes, you need to stop
to read slowly and carefully this type of sentences. You
are not merely scanning or skimming main or specific
ideas although very often you are required to read
speedily when you are handling large quantity of reading
materials. |
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