Phrase or Clause
I'm Not Fancy:Fragments
Fused or Spliced
Parts of Speech
Potpourri
100
This contains a subject and a verb but cannot stand alone as a sentence.
What is a dependent clause?
100
In order to NOT be a fragment, a sentence needs these things.
What are a subject/verb pair and to make complete sense on its own?
100
A fused or run-on sentence contains two of these without punctuation between them.
What are independent clauses?
100
"Freedom," "kindness," "religion," and "insanity" are words that can be identified as this part of speech.
What are abstract nouns?
100
The acronym "RENNS" stands for these things.
What are reasons, examples, names, numbers, sensory details?
200
This is a group of words (without a subject/verb pair) that can act as an adverb, an adjective or a noun in a sentence.
What is a phrase?
200
The part of speech that begins this clause often causes fragments. "To hop on one foot."
What is an infinitive?
200
A comma splice does this.
What is comes between two independent clauses?
200
These modify adverbs, adjective, and verbs.
What are adverbs?
200
Writers use "RENNS" for what purpose?
What is to support points with detailed information, persuade/connect to the reader, and increase the effectiveness of piece of writing?
300
If a phrase begins with "in," "after," or "with" it is likely this kind of phrase.
What is a prepositional phrase?
300
Spot the fragment: We traveled down the mountain to return home. Although the road was bumpy the trip wouldn't take long. Our lovely, comfy hotel not far. We were excited to get some rest.
What is "Our lovely, comfy hotel not far."
300
Is the following sentence a fused sentence or a comma spliced sentence? "Suddenly, there was complete silence in the boy's room then the mother, worried about total room destruction, knew she had better check on the situation."
What is a fused sentence?
300
Adding "ing" to a verb creates this part of speech.
What is a gerund? (or participle)
300
Writing is considered a "recursive" process. This is because the writer should move back and forth between these main steps of the writing process.
What are generating ideas, planning and organizing, drafting, revising, and proofreading?
400
This is the adverb phrase in this sentence "Mr. McGillacutty threw his papers on the floor and briskly stomped out of his office."
What is "on the floor"? OR What is "out of his office"? Both are also considered prepositional phrases.
400
How would you fix this fragment? Audrey was having trouble coming up with more jeopardy questions. When the coffee ran out.
What is "When the coffee ran out, Audrey was having trouble coming up with more jeopardy questions"?
400
Is the following sentence correct or incorrect? "I was glad it was Friday, however, the day seemed to drag on."
What is incorrect because it contains a comma splice? Conjunctive adverbs (however, moreover, therefore) are not coordinating conjunctions.
400
Identify the subject in the following sentence. "After watching the Walking Dead episode when the bad guys ate some guy's leg, Audrey wasn't that interested in cooking dinner."
What is Audrey?
400
I can't think of any more questions. So... This is the difference between a "White Walker" and a "Walker".
What is a "White Walker" is an evil character on the television series Game of Thrones, and a "Walker" is a zombie on the television series The Walking Dead?
500
The first part of this sentence is this kind of word group "Although she was very excited to run for mayor, Ms. Myers had a few skeletons in her closet that made her worry."
What is a dependent clause?
500
If a group of words is a fragment it is likely a _________ or a ____________.
What is dependent clause or phrase?
500
These are the five ways to correct a fused sentence.
Separate the independent clauses with a period. Separate the independent clauses with a semicolon. Separate the independent clauses with a comma and coordinating conjunction. Separate the independent clauses with a conjunctive adverb and a semicolon. Turn one of the independent clauses into a dependent/subordinate clause.
500
Consider the following sentence: "Audrey becomes anxious when she realizes she has stayed up past 1:00 AM binge watching The Game of Thrones." The word "anxious" is this part of speech.
What is an adjective and subject complement?
500
This is one way to fix the following sentence error. "The jeopardy game was over one team was happy and one team was sad."
What is use ",and"? What is use a semicolon? What is use a period? What is use a semicolon and conjunctive adverb? ";therefore,"? What is subordinate one independent clause? "When the jeopardy game was over, one team was happy and one team was sad."
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