Question

Which type of sentence is this?

Benjamin Franklin—scientist, inventor, and one of America's founding fathers—raised public awareness about firefighting methods and organized the first fire department in Philadelphia.

(1 point)
Responses

simple
simple

compound
compound

complex
complex

compound-complex

1 answer

The sentence you provided is a simple sentence. It contains a single independent clause with a subject ("Benjamin Franklin") and a predicate ("raised public awareness about firefighting methods and organized the first fire department in Philadelphia"). There are no subordinate clauses, which means it does not qualify as complex or compound-complex.