Question

american roots: from native traditions to the american revolution
read the paragraph, which is a summary of a slave narrative by olaudah equiano.
1 robert king was a quaker merchant and a kind man, and he treated equiano well. 2 he used equiano to work at a number of jobs for him, yet he also hired him out to other merchants. 3 a certain boat captain of kings, thomas farmer, often traveled between the west indies and north america, so he needed equianos services. 4 because equiano had sea - going experience, he could be quite useful to farmer.
which sentence in the paragraph is structured differently than the others?
sentence 1
sentence 2
sentence 3
sentence 4

Explanation:

Sentence 1, 2, and 3 are compound - sentences with two independent clauses joined by coordinating conjunctions ("and", "yet", "so"). Sentence 4 is a complex - sentence with a dependent clause ("Because Equiano had sea - going experience") followed by an independent clause.

Answer:

sentence 4