Fragment, Run-on, Complete?
Fragment, Run-on or Complete?
The wild wind whistled through the waves.
What is complete?
List the FANBOYS
What are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so?
These are also called coordinating conjunctions!
Where does the comma belong?
Whenever I exercise I always feel better.
What is:
Whenever I exercise, I always feel better.
Comma splice or correct?
Campbell ate ice cream, Nate had a cupcake.
What is a COMMA SPLICE!
Campbell ate ice cream; Nate had a cupcake.
These are two simple sentences- they need a , fanboy or a ;
What is the complete subject?
The very, hairy, scary spider sat down beside her.
What is
The very, hairy, scary spider
Fragment, Run-on or Complete?
Without her pet pig beside her.
What is fragment? There is no independent clause here
Without her pet pig beside her, she felt all alone.
Where does the comma belong?
The father stooped to help his daughter tie her shoe but she had already beat him to it.
What is
The father stooped to help his daughter tie her shoe, but she had already beat him to it.
List two Wasabi words for W, A and S (6 words in total)
What is
whether, while, when, whenever, wherever
as, as soon as, after, although
since, so that
The tall lad, the tallest in his class, reached up and got the cat our of the tree.
What is complete?
This sentence is correct!
What is the complete predicate of this sentence?
After we drove home, the school locked its doors for the evening.
What is
locked its doors for the evening.
Fragment, Run-on or Complete?
The circus came to town we decided to buy tickets.
What is a run-on?
The circus came to town, so we decided to buy tickets.
What do you need in this sentence so that it is a complete compound sentence, not a run-on?
The kite flew out of her hands she just couldn't hold it tight enough during the storm.
What is a semicolon?
The kite flew out of her hands; she just couldn't hold it tight enough during the storm.
Do you need a comma here?
Since I asked her to sleep over she packed a sleeping bag.
What is YES!
Since I asked her to sleep over, she packed a sleeping bag.
If the DEPENDENT clause comes first (clause that begins with the WASABI word), you need a comma.
comma splice or complete?
The tour began at 8am, so I quickly ate breakfast before we left.
What is complete?
This is a complete compound sentence.
Day of the Dead is always celebrated on:
What is November 1 and November 2?
Fragment, Run-on, Complete
When she walked down the street, everyone noticed her.
What is complete?
This is a complex sentence- it is also complete.
What's wrong with the structure of this sentence?
I love to eat chocolate ice cream but, my sister loves to eat vanilla.
What is the comma is in the wrong spot?
I love to eat chocolate ice cream, but my sister loves to eat vanilla.
Do you need a comma?
I went to the mall because I needed new sneakers.
What is NO!
I went to the mall because I needed new sneakers.
When a WASABI word falls in the middle of the sentence- NO COMMA
comma splice or correct?
The movie lasted for hours, I ran out of popcorn before the rising action had begun.
What is a comma splice?
The movie lasted for hours; I ran out of popcorn before the rising action had begun.
These are two complete sentences- they must be connected with a comma fanboy or a semicolon.
Is this quote properly cited?
"We knew we could never return to Behala." (Mulligan 137).
What is NO!
Ahhhh- so close...
"We knew we could never return to Behala" (Mulligan 137). **No period inside the quotes- period goes after the parentheses.
Fragment, Run-on, Complete?
Running to the dock with her arms waving frantically.
What is fragment?
Running to the dock with her arms waving frantically, she stopped the ferry just in time.
A compound sentence connects two _________________ clauses together with a comma and a coordinating conjunction or a semicolon.
What is independent?
An independent clause has a subject and a verb and can stand alone- aka a simple sentence.
A _______________ sentence has at least one dependent clause and an independent clause. The dependent clause always has a _______________ conjunction at the beginning of the clause.
What is
A complex sentence has at least one dependent clause and an independent clause. The dependent clause always has a subordinating conjunction at the beginning of the clause.
Place either a comma or a semicolon in the sentence below
After we graded all of the papers we went out for a long run together.
What is comma?
After we graded all of the papers, we went out for a long run together.
This weekend- do we lose an hour or gain an hour due to daylight savings?
What is
We gain an hour of sleep! On November 1st- it will be lighter in the morning, but, sadly, it will be much darker earlier in the evening:(