Question

question 8
language development: conventions
select the compound - complex sentence.
a poe also wrote poems that cover a wide range of human emotions, including love, joy, and intense sorrow.
b for example, he wrote “annabel lee,” a tender love poem dedicated to his deceased and beloved wife.
c he also wrote a poem that he entitled “the bells” because the words in the verse imitate the sounds of different kinds of bells, and the poem has become a popular piece to be read aloud by a chorus.
d “the raven,” a long poem by poe, has the melancholy, pessimistic tone of his short stories, but it is one of his most popular works.

Explanation:

A compound - complex sentence contains at least two independent clauses and at least one dependent clause. In option c, "He also wrote a poem that he entitled 'The Bells'" has a dependent clause "that he entitled 'The Bells'" modifying "a poem", and two independent clauses "He also wrote a poem" and "the poem has become a popular piece to be read aloud by a chorus" joined by "and". Option a has one independent clause and a dependent clause (a complex sentence). Option b is a simple sentence with an appositive. Option d is a compound sentence with two independent clauses joined by "but".

Answer:

c. He also wrote a poem that he entitled "The Bells" because the words in the verse imitate the sounds of different kinds of bells, and the poem has become a popular piece to be read aloud by a chorus.