Question

read the summary of the beginning of \the world on turtles back.\ 1 in the beginning, there was no land, only the great ocean. 2 the sky - world, the home of the gods, was above the ocean. 3 a sacred tree stood at the center. 4 one of the gods pulled out some of its roots for his pregnant wife. 5 this created a hole in the floor of the sky - world. 6 the mans wife fell through the hole toward the ocean below, clutching the roots in her hand. which best describes this summary?

• it contains mostly simple sentences.
• it contains mostly compound - complex sentences.
• it contains mostly sentences that begin with dependent clauses.
• it contains sentence variety.

Explanation:

First, identify sentence types:

1. Sentences [1], [3] are simple sentences (one independent clause each).
2. Sentences [2], [4], [5], [6] are also simple sentences, as each has a single independent clause with no dependent clauses or multiple independent clauses joined by coordinators.
3. None are compound-complex, few start with dependent clauses, and there is no significant variety (all are simple). So the summary has mostly simple sentences.

Answer:

It contains mostly simple sentences.