Fragments
Define Fragment
incomplete sentences
True or false: Comma splices are two independent clauses joined ONLY by a comma (there is not a conjunction)
True
Define Run-Ons
When a writer joins the two independent clauses without any punctuation at all.
Must have a subject and a verb
What is a clause?
comma splice, run-on, fragment or sentence?
She learned that there is no place like home, she clicked her heels three times.
comma splice
How do you correct fragments?
- add the missing element
-Remove the period between the fragment and main clause.
Define Comma Splices
Occur when writers combine two (or more) complete thoughts (independent clauses) incorrectly.
Repair the following run-on: Folic acid appears to exert a protective effect, for example, one study showed that it cut the rate of neural tube defects by two-thirds.
Folic acid appears to exert a protective effect. For example, one study showed that it cut the rate of neural tube defects by two-thirds.
What is a compound sentence?
Two independent clauses joined by a conjunction
comma splice, run-on, fragment or sentence?
If she is chased and falls, she may break.
sentence
In order for a dependent clause to be used correctly in a sentence, it must have this...
An independent clause
How do you fix a comma splice?
Add a comma and coordinating conjunction; add a subordinate conjunction to the sentence; change the comma to a semicolon; change the comma to a period.
What are three ways of joining independent clauses?
a comma and a coordinating conjunction, a semicolon, or a semicolon and a conjunctive adverb
fragment, sentence, comma splice, run-on?
She meets a beautiful girl made of china, Dorothy wishes to take home with her to Kansas.
comma splice
What punctuation must follow a subordinate clause if it is used at the beginning of the sentence?
a comma
What are examples of subordinating conjunctions?
Words like "because, "if," "as," "when"
sentence, fragment, comma splice, run-on sentence?
The Princess wants to stay in her own country because there they can move freely.
sentence
there was a heavy storm last night. We thought is was a hurricane. After the storm. We noticed many dreams had fallen. The part of the word group that is a fragment.
After the storm.
Correct or Incorrect & Explain why: Having prepared himself well for the realtor exams and having exhausted everyone in the family with his requests that someone help him with the true-and-false drills, Jeffrey, who had never been a particularly good student in high school, knew he was ready to take on the greatest challenge of his life.
Correct because length has nothing to do with whether a sentence is a run-on or not.
contains one independent clause and one or more dependent clauses
A complex sentence
sentence, fragment, run-on, comma splice?
We meet Ezra Miller’s Credence, a cowering orphan who’s been abused all his life.
sentence