Nicholas Sparks ~ Safe Haven

As Katie wound her way among the tables, a breeze from the Atlantic rippled through her hair. Carrying three plates in her left hand and another in her right, she wore jeans and a T-shirt that read Ivans: Try Our Fish Just for the Halibut. She brought the plates to four men wearing polo shirts; the one closest to her caught her eye and smiled.  ~ Chapter 1, Safe Haven by Nicholas Sparks
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Identify the compound sentence, the complex sentence,  and the multiple participial phrases.




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As Katie wound her way among the tables, a breeze from the Atlantic rippled through her hair. Carrying three plates in her left hand and another in her right, she wore jeans and a T-shirt that read Ivans: Try Our Fish Just for the Halibut. She brought the plates to four men wearing polo shirts; the one closest to her caught her eye and smiled.

• Subordinate Clause
• Participial Phrases
• One of the three ways to join a compound sentence

Your Turn

• Imitate Sparks' first two sentences.