Coordination

In coordination, two complete sentences (independent clauses) are joined with a comma and a coordinating conjunction, a semicolon alone, or a semicolon and a conjunctive adverb.

TWO SENTENCES This internship is prestigious. Many interns have gone on to get good jobs.
JOINED WITH A COMMA AND COORDINATING CONJUNCTION image

COORDINATING CONJUNCTIONS

for and nor but or yet so
JOINED WITH A SEMICOLON ALONE image
JOINED WITH A COMMON CONJUNCTIVE ADVERB image

COMMON CONJUNCTIVE ADVERBS

afterward frequently instead
also however still
as a result in addition then
besides in fact therefore
consequently