Narrative
Run On or Not?
Verb Choice
Pronouns, pronouns, pronouns
Verb Tenses
100

Contains characters, setting, plot, conflict and solution.

What is a narrative?

100

"He's not drunk," I said, "he's in a state of diabetic shock."

What is a run on?

100

Your friendship over the years and your support (has/have) meant a great deal to us.

What is have?

100

The director asked you and I/me to draft a proposal for a new recycling plan.

Who is me?

100
By the time the Mayflower reached land in Massachusetts, the small ship was blown/had been blown hundreds of miles off its original course.
What is had been blown?
200

the events that lead to the climax of the story.

What is rising action?

200

Aidan viewed Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation three times and then wrote a paper describing the film as the work of a mysterious modern painter.

What is not a run-on?

200
Every year, during the midsummer festival, the smoke of village bonfires (fills/fill) the sky.
What is fills?
200
Five close friends and I/me rented a station wagon, packed it with good, and drove to Mardi Gras on a three day weekend?
What is I?
200
Visiting the technology museum inspired the high school seniors and reminded/had reminded them that science could be fun.
What is reminded?
300

Use these to show... not tell.

What is descriptive details?

300
Ray was affluent in American Sign Language he could sign as easily as he could speak.
What is a run-on?
300
Many hours at the driving range (has/have) led us to design golf balls with GPS locators.
What is have?
300
She appreciated his/him telling the truth in such a difficult situation.
What is his?
300
When the village was shook/was shaken by an earthquake, the residents ran into the streets.
What is was shaken?
400

The Antagonist and the Protagonist meet.

What is climax?

400
Death Valley National Monument, located in southern California and Nevada, is one of the hottest places on earth, temperatures there have soared as high as 134 degrees Farenheit.
What is a run-on?
400
One-third of the students in the seminar favors/favor a take-home exam.
What is favor?
400
Rick applied for the job even though he heard that other candidates were more experienced than he/him.
What is he?
400
Tonight’s concert begins at 9:30. If it were/had been earlier, I’d consider going.
What is were?
500

There when everything is tied together and the theme is revealed.

What is resolution?

500
Subatomic physics is filled with strange and marvelous particles, tiny bodies of matter that shiver, wobble, pulse, and flatten to no thickness at all.
What is not a run-on?
500
Neither the explorer nor his companions was/were ever seen again.
What is were?
500
The shower of sinking bricks caused she/her and his diving partner to race away from the collapsing seawall.
Who is she?
500
The burglar must have gone immediately upstairs, grabbed what looked good, and took/taken off.
What is taken?
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