Techniques of Writing (Part 3) - Sentence Structures

In an essay, it must have a variety of sentence structures. Without it, the essay will become flat in tone and dull. Besides, a variety of sentence structures is one of the criteria to determine the grade of an essay.

Basically, there are 3 kinds of sentence structures:
1) Simple sentences
2) Compound sentences
3) Complex sentences

Simple sentences
Examples:
 I like to eat bananas.
 Water is important to humans.

Compound sentences
Examples:
 I like to eat bananas because they are tasty.
 Water is important to humans as their bodies contain 70% of water.

Complex sentences
Examples:
 I like to eat bananas, which are sold at markets rather than malls, because they are fresher and tastier.
 Water is important to humans as their bodies contain 70% of water, so they have to drink at least eight glasses of water everyday to maintain the amount of water in their bodies.