Punctuation Patterns
While your sentence’s punctuation will always depend on the content of your writing, there are a few common punctuation patterns you should be aware of.
Simple sentences have these punctuation patterns:
- ________________________________.
- ________, ________________________.
Compound predicate sentences have this punctuation pattern: ________ ________ and ________.
Compound Sentences have these punctuation patterns:
- ________________, and ________________.
- ________________; ________________.
Complex and compound-complex sentences don’t follow any specific patterns, although they will commonly have commas in between the clauses as well (but don’t have to).
As you can see from these common patterns, periods, commas, and semicolons are the punctuation marks you will use the most in your writing. As you write, it’s best to use a variety of these patterns. If you use the same pattern repeatedly, your writing can easily become boring and drab.
Johann Sebastian Bach wrote six Cello Suites. The Cello Suites are suites for unaccompanied cello. They are some of the most frequently performed and recognizable solo compositions ever written for cello. Each movement is based around a baroque dance type. This basis is standard for a Baroque musical suite. The cello suites are structured in six movements each. Each includes a prelude; an allemande; a courante; a sarabande; two minuets, two bourrées, or two gavottes; and a final gigue. The Bach cello suites are considered to be among the most profound of all classical music works.