Question

Read the paragraph.

There are two main kinds of winter storms involving snow. A large amount of falling snow is called a snowstorm. Then, there is the blizzard. A blizzard is a very violent storm. It features extreme cold, strong winds, and low visibility.

What compound-complex sentence can be formed from the underlined section of the passage to add variety to the paragraph?

Snowstorms bring a lot of snow; blizzards are violent and they feature extreme cold, strong winds, and low visibility.
One is a large amount of falling snow called a snowstorm, and the other is a violent storm with wind, cold, and low visibility called a blizzard.
The snowstorm is a large amount of falling snow, but the blizzard is much more violent; it features extreme cold, strong winds, and low visibility.
The first is the snowstorm, which brings large amounts of falling snow, and the second is the blizzard, a violent storm that features extreme cold, strong winds, and low visibility.

Answer 1

The fourth sentence.

It’s compound (two independent clauses joined by and) and complex (each independent clause includes a relative clause: "which brings..." and "that features..."), so it’s a compound-complex sentence.