Why does it matter?
why does knowing what a sentence fragment matter in writing?
What is it matters because complete sentences communicate complete thoughts.
The American flag was
The American flag was on the pole
Driving a truck
What is sentence fragment
A _______________ is a group of words that is incorrectly punctuated as a complete sentence
What is the definition of sentence fragment
Every sentence must be correctly ___________ and ___________.
What is capitalized and punctuated
Why does knowing what a sentence fragment matter verbally?
What is you can speak more clearly and the person you are talking to will understand your conversation better
The campus was so big I got tired walking across it.
Nothing to fix
The boy threw the paper airplane.
What is a complete sentence
types of sentence fragments.
What is verb and subject sentence fragments
Supply the missing ______, ____, or _______ if necessary
what is Subject, verb, thought
Why does knowing what a sentence fragment matters in reading?
Showing a complete thought will deepen the readers understanding about the book.
The large, luxurious, big cylinder called earth
The large, luxurious, big cylinder called earth was great
The teacher taught the class.
What is a complete sentence
How does missing a subject or verb affect your way of writing?
What is: your missing a complete thought that the reader won't understand
_____________: She told a story with deep thoughts and emotions.
What is Direct object
Homer Simpson ate so much donuts that he exploded.
Nothing to fix
She worked on
What is a sentence fragment
A ______________ is a group of words that expresses a complete thought.
What is a sentence
The old man
The old man played bingo.
The boy kicked the ball around
what is a sentence fragment
A missing subject or verb from a sentence will make it an ________ _________
What is: an incomplete sentence