Are these sentences simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex Even if every step seems difficult, you should keep trying, for the best things are worth fighting for.

I did my very best to write a good cover letter, and I finally sent my application to my favorite company for review.

Whenever the rain falls, I remember how important the simple things are, and I feel glad to be where I am.

Even if every step seems difficult, you should keep trying, for the best things are worth fighting for.

Compound sentence

I did my very best to write a good cover letter, and I finally sent my application to my favorite company for review.

Complex sentence

Whenever the rain falls, I remember how important the simple things are, and I feel glad to be where I am.

Compound-complex

Explanation:

A compound sentence is a sentence which contains more than one independent clause which is linked by either a comma, a conjunction or a semicolon.

A complex sentence is a sentence which has at least one independent clause and a dependent clause.

A compound-complex sentence is a type of sentence which has at least two independent clauses and one or more dependent clauses.

in ray bradbury's short story "a sound of thunder", mr. eckels's fearfulness leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.

in the story, mr. eckels, who is a hunter, hires a time travel company to travel to the age of dinosaurs. although he is excited for the hunting expedition at the beginning, when they reach there and mr. eckels sees the tyrannosaurus, he feels frightened. as he is afraid of the tyrannosaurus, he steps off the path although he has been warned not to do it. by stepping off the path, the entire course of the future is affected: mr. eckart alters the future by stepping on a butterfly, which causes a new man to be elected president in the future. in that way, it is mr. eckart's fearfulness what triggers 'the butterfly effect' and what leads to drastic consequences for the rest of the world.