Decide if the sentences are : Simple
Compound
Complex
compound-complex

1. Bill and Lisa walked home together every day after school.

2. When the phone rang, I jumped out of bed, and I fell on the cat.

3. We never eat octopus, nor do we eat squid.

4. Although she was late, the teacher didn’t notice.

5. I usually don’t mind missing school, however the teacher went over a lot of new material, and now I don’t understand the assignment.

6. You will get a zero on the homework unless you bring it tomorrow.

7. My throat and nose feel sore and look red.

Read this excerpt from "the all-american slurp." i pulled the strings out of my stalk. z-z-zip, z-z-zip. my brother followed suit. z-z-zip, z-z-zip. to my left, my parents were taking care of their own stalks. z-z-zip, z-z-zip, z-z-zip. suddenly i realized that there was dead silence except for our zipping. looking up, i saw that the eyes of everyone in the room were on our family. mr. and mrs. gleason, their daughter meg, who was my friend, and their neighbors the badels—they were all staring at us as we busily pulled the strings of our celery. what story element does the author develop in this excerpt? a) lot details about the party b) characterization of the lins c) characterization of the gleasons d) setting details about the gleasons’ house