Question

read the following passage:

(1) despite the fact that kaitlyn was afraid of all things halloween, she decided to face her fear by going with her friends to a \haunted\ house. (2) leading up to the night, her stomach was in knots, and she could hardly sleep due to nerves. (3) although she had a strong desire to cancel, she remained steadfast in her decision. (4) since she was not about to explore the haunted house on her own, she decided the first small step would be to go with a close group of friends.

which sentence structure is established in sentence 2? select the best answer.

answer

• subordination
• coordination
• parallelism

Explanation:

🆕 New Concept Discovered: Sentence Coordination and Subordination
Connecting independent ideas of equal importance

Step 1: Transcribe and analyze Sentence 2

Let's look closely at Sentence 2 from the text:

"(2) Leading up to the night, her stomach writhed in knots, and she could hardly sleep due to nerves."

This sentence is made up of two main clauses that can each stand alone as a complete sentence:

1. "Leading up to the night, her stomach writhed in knots"
2. "she could hardly sleep due to nerves"

These two independent clauses are joined together by the coordinating conjunction "and" along with a comma.

Step 2: Identify the grammatical structure

• Coordination joins two independent clauses (complete thoughts of equal grammatical importance) using a coordinating conjunction (such as for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so).
• Subordination joins an independent clause with a dependent clause (an incomplete thought) using a subordinating conjunction (such as although, because, since, while).
• Parallelism is the use of matching grammatical structures for elements of equal importance in a list or series.

Since Sentence 2 connects two independent clauses of equal weight using the coordinating conjunction "and", the structure established is Coordination.

Answer:

Coordination