Question

Identify the sentence structure. Although he was drafted into the Vietnam War, Muhammad Ali refused to fight. (1 point) simple sentence compound sentence complex sentence compound-complex sentence

Answer 1

Answer:

The correct answer is: c, a complex sentence

Explanation:

This is an example of a complex sentence. A complex sentence is compounded by two statements, one is the independent clause and the second one is the dependent clause. The first one can be a sentence alone, it does not need another statement to make sense, however the dependent clause cannot be a sentence by itself even though it has a subject and a verb, because it does not have sense by itself, it needs the independent clause to have a meaning

dependent clause: Although he was drafted into the Vietnam War

independent clause: Muhammad Ali refused to fight.

Answer 2

Answer:

The structure of the sentence:

Although he was drafted into the Vietnam War, Muhammad Ali refused to fight.

is:

complex sentence

Explanation:

The reason behind this is because complex sentences contain one dependant and one independent clause. The first is our dependant clause and the second is our independent clause. To be compound we would require to have two independent, and to be compound-complex we would require to have more than two dependant clauses.