"THE BIRTHMARK" After taking a close reading of the first two paragraphs of "The Birthmark." let's focus on some basics, answering each question in a complete sentence. 1. Why did the character leave his or her laboratory?

The most compelling and effective messages contain a variety of sentence patterns and avoid common sentence faults. you can create successful messages with sentence variety by understanding the four sentence types, controlling the length of your sentences, and avoiding fragments, run-ons, and comma splices. identify the correct pattern of a complex sentence. an independent clause and a dependent clause one independent clause with a subject and a predicate verb two independent clauses joined by a conjunction, a semicolon, or a conjunctive adverb