? What Is It In the previous module, you learned that a compound sentence is a sentence having two independent clauses or parts that were combined to form a single sentence. If these parts are separated, they can stand on their own since they have a complete meaning (compound sentence) Nobody wanted to live with the bat, so the bat decided to live alone, (independent clause) Nobody wanted to live with the bat. (independent clause) The bat decided to leave alone. In the example above, the compound sentence also expresses a cause and effect relationship. A cause is something that allows another thing to happen while an effect is the event that happens because of the cause. Going back to the first sentence above, we can identify the following parts: Cause (First Event): Nobody wanted to live with the bat. Effect (Next Event): “the bat decided to live alone." » We are told that the cause or the first event is that nobody wanted to live with the bat. The second event which resulted from this situation is that the bat eventually decided to live alone since nobody wanted to stay with him. Let's take a look at more compound sentences using the sentences you encountered earlier. Note that in each sentence, there is a cause and an effect. The sky became dark, and it started to rain. Cause Effect It is dangerous to go out during a typhoon, for you can be hit by falling trees. Cause Effect​