Read the excerpt from "The Chenoo." "Great-grandfather told me of a creature that makes tracks like this. It is called a Chenoo." Awasos lifted his head to scan the forest around them.

"Yes, I remember," answered Kasko, Awasos's younger brother. "He said they were giant cannibals with sharp teeth and hearts made of ice. Consuming the spirit of a human being makes them stronger."

Which characteristic of a legend is detailed in this excerpt?

spiritual beliefs of a culture
early period setting
strength of a hero figure
explanation of natural events

one is a red flower, and one is the sky when the sun sets.

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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.