Question

hazelwood school district v. kuhlmeier was a supreme court case, and the court ruled on it in january 1988. it was a crippling blow to students first amendment rights, and i am writing to protest it. the court held that school officials have the final say on public school newspapers, and students cannot complain when the paper is published as part of a class. except for decisions made for political reasons, principals are allowed to censor student newspapers, and they can get away with it. this censorship is prior restraint, and i do not accept it.

which sentence type is used the most in this students passage?

• compound
• complex
• compound-complex

Explanation:

Analyze the structure of each sentence in the passage

1. Sentence 1: "Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier was a Supreme Court case, and the court ruled on it in January 1988."

• Clause 1: "Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier was a Supreme Court case" (Independent)
• Coordinating Conjunction: "and"
• Clause 2: "the court ruled on it in January 1988" (Independent)
• Type: Compound

1. Sentence 2: "It was a crippling blow to students' First Amendment rights, and I am writing to protest it."

• Clause 1: "It was a crippling blow to students' First Amendment rights" (Independent)
• Coordinating Conjunction: "and"
• Clause 2: "I am writing to protest it" (Independent)
• Type: Compound

1. Sentence 3: "The court held that school officials have the final say on public school newspapers, and students cannot complain when the paper is published as part of a class."

• Clause 1: "The court held" (Independent)
• Clause 2: "that school officials have the final say on public school newspapers" (Dependent noun clause)
• Coordinating Conjunction: "and"
• Clause 3: "students cannot complain" (Independent)
• Clause 4: "when the paper is published as part of a class" (Dependent adverbial clause)
• Type: Compound-complex

1. Sentence 4: "Except for decisions made for political reasons, principals are allowed to censor student newspapers, and they can get away with it."

• Clause 1: "principals are allowed to censor student newspapers" (Independent)
• Coordinating Conjunction: "and"
• Clause 2: "they can get away with it" (Independent)
• Note: "Except for decisions made for political reasons" is a prepositional phrase, not a dependent clause.
• Type: Compound

1. Sentence 5: "This censorship is prior restraint, and I do not accept it."

• Clause 1: "This censorship is prior restraint" (Independent)
• Coordinating Conjunction: "and"
• Clause 2: "I do not accept it" (Independent)
• Type: Compound

Count the frequency of each sentence type

• Compound: 4 sentences (Sentences 1, 2, 4, 5)
• Compound-complex: 1 sentence (Sentence 3)
• Complex: 0 sentences

Determine the most used sentence type

• The sentence type used the most is compound.

Answer:

• compound (Correct answer)
• complex
• compound-complex