A simple sentence contains one independent clause, a compound sentence contains 2 independent clauses, and a complex sentence contains one independent clause and one dependent clause.
An example of a simple sentence to describe your morning routine could be:
I wake up an hour before school.
An example of a compound sentence could be:
I usually eat cereal for breakfast, but sometimes I eat toast instead.
An example of a complex sentence is:
After I eat breakfast, I get dressed.
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I don’t really think so, as an oxymoron is two contradictory words put together. Eg The living death, a small crowd or bittersweet.
Plain and Surprise are not necessarily contradictory.
used the backdrop of the Salem witch trial.