Definitions
The part of a sentence that tells WHO or WHAT the sentence is about.
What is a subject?
The day will be busy I will drink coffee.
Run-on or Fragment?
What is a run-on?
A comma splice can be fixed with this type of conjunction.
What is a coordinating conjunction?
A group of words lacking a subject, verb, or object.
What is a phrase?
Use this punctuation mark sparingly, or you'll look dramatic.
What is an exclamation point?
The part of a sentence that tells WHAT the SUBJECT is doing.
What is the predicate?
Run-on sentences are usually missing what key element of mechanics?
A comma splice can be fixed by EITHER of these two methods.
What is semicolon OR comma with coordinating conjunction
Contains a subject, predicate, and is a complete thought.
What is a sentence?
This mark is used to end an interrogative sentence.
What is a question mark?
Subject + Predicate + Complete Thought
What is a complete sentence?
This punctuation mark fixes a run-on sentence by connecting similar sentences together.
What is a semicolon?
Contains a subject and predicate.
Independent or Dependent Clause?
What is a dependent clause?
"After she ran away"
Sentence or Fragment
What is a fragment?
These marks are used to indicate a direct quote.
What are quotation marks?
A part of a sentence punctuated like a complete sentence.
What is a sentence fragment?
You can fix a run-on sentence with another kind of punctuation mark. Name it.
What is a period?
Three examples of coordinating conjunctions.
What is: For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
Tracey the cat was tired from throwing up all night.
Fragment or Sentence
What is a SENTENCE?
Put your clothes away.
Declarative or Imperative?
What is an imperative sentence?
A comma placed between two independent clauses.
What is a comma splice?
Attempt to fix the following run-on sentence:
My dog runs so much every day he is tired and has to lie down in the evening.
My dog runs so much every day. He is tired and has to lie down in the evening.
My dog runs so much every day; he is tired and has to lie down in the evening.
My dog runs so much every day that he is tired and has to lie down in the evening.
Attempt to fix the following comma splice:
The cat meowed, I began petting it.
The cat meowed, so I began petting it.
The cat meowed; I began petting it.
Since the cat meowed, I began petting it.
The cat meowed. I began petting it.
The cat meowed; because of this, I began petting it.
Attempt to fix the following sentence fragment:
They sold their house. And they moved to a new city.
They sold their house; they moved to a new city.
They sold their house, and they moved to a new city.
Exclamatory or Declarative
What is a declarative?