This document discusses different types of bonds: ionic bonds, covalent bonds, and the structures that represent them. Ionic bonds are electrostatic attractions between oppositely charged ions, formed when a metal transfers electrons to a nonmetal. Covalent bonds involve the sharing of electron pairs between atoms. Lewis structures use dots to represent valence electrons and show how atoms are arranged and bonded in molecules through single, double or triple bonds to achieve stable octets. Resonance structures depict alternative but equally valid Lewis structures for some molecules.