Read this quotation:
a horse! a horse! my kingdom for a horse!
-william shakespeare, king richard iii, act v, scene iv
why is this verse an example of iambic pentameter?

a. it contains five metrical feet, each with an unstressed and then a
stressed syllable.

b. the verse forms a pattern of an unstressed syllable immediately
followed by a stressed syllable.

c. it is a line from shakespeare, and his plays contain verse written
only in iambic pentameter.

d. the verse is 10 syllables long with an unstressed syllable at the
beginning and end.

they played you again smh, you should be provided with the right answers.

sentences vary by structure as well as by function. there are compound, complex, and compound-complex sentences.

simple sentence

i like to read.

a simple sentence has one independent clause.

compound sentence

i like to read, and i also like to write.

a compound sentence includes more than one independent clause, connected by a coordinating conjunction (and, but, for, nor, or, so, or yet).

complex sentence

i prefer to read books that are bestsellers.

a complex sentence includes one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses. (a dependent clause is one that cannot stand alone.) types of dependent clauses include relative clauses (i kicked the boy who pinched me), adverb clauses (i am going home now because i have a curfew), and noun clauses (i don't know what to do next).

compound-complex sentence

although i prefer to read current bestsellers, i do like to read old agatha christie mysteries, and i also like some 20th-century science fiction.

compound-complex sentences take a bunch of clauses (multiple independent clauses, and one or more dependent clauses) and toss them together like a salad. although these sentences take practice to write in a grammatically correct fashion, they can hold a tremendous amount of meaning, and are common in academic writing.

meet you at the corner