Ihave four questions:

1.) write a simple sentence elaborated with at least three modifying phrases.

2.) write a compound sentence balanced for contrast with a semicolon.

3.) write a compound sentence with a conjunctive adverb punctuated with a semicolon and a comma.

4.) write a complex sentence with a subordinate clause beginning with "who" or "which." then revise the clause into an appositive phrase.

you! (15 points)

1)   The man next to him, talking to the neighbours whenever possible, was his father. The first modifying phrase is “next to him”, which acts as an adjective, as it describes the noun “man”. The second modifying phrase is “talking to the neighbours”, and it also acts as an adjective (also describes the man). The third modifying phrase would be “whenever possible”, and it acts as an adverb, telling us when the man talks to the neighbours.

2)   The people urged him to surrender; he resisted. This sentence is compound because it has two independent clauses: “the people urged him to surrender” and “he resisted”. It is balanced for contrast with a semicolon because it is more effective that way. The semicolon adds to the dynamics. It is still the same sentence, and the contrast is all the more remarkable.

3)   Helen was starting to like him; however, she didn’t want to show her true feelings. This is a compound sentence because it has two independent clauses. The conjunctive adverb is “however”. Here is how it would look without it: Helen was starting to like him, but she didn’t want to show her true feelings.

4)   Everybody loved to listen to Marco, who was an interesting person. This is a complex sentence, composed of an independent clause “everybody loved to listen to Marco”, and a dependent (subordinate) clause “who was an interesting person”. Here is the same sentence with an appositive phrase instead of the subordinate clause: Everybody loved to listen to Marco, an interesting person.

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agamemnon was the leader of the greek troops in the trojan wars and orestes was his son. when agamemnon returned from the war, he was murdered by his wife's lover in conjunction with his wife. orestes could not stop them but he seeked vengeance for his father. after a long time, he found them and avenged his father while killing them. he killed his mother, but greek mythology claims that his act was just and he was spared the remorse and the guilt. there are a lot of similarities with the ulysses/telemachus father son pair. ulysses was also one of the leaders of the excursion to troy. he still has not returned home, but in a sense the suitors of penelope are marring his estate and his reputation. while penelope is faithful to ulysses, the suitors by taking hold of the palace and committing their shameful acts are dishonoring ulysses. in the same context, telemachus is asked just like orestes to restitution his father's honor, regardless of whether he is alive or dead. athena is him and encouraging him with this example and he himself feels the need to save his father