Week 3 Writing Skills

Avoiding Run-On Sentences, Comma Splices, and Sentence Fragments

100

What is wrong with this sentence, and how can we fix it? I will bring punch to the party, my sister will bring snacks.

Comma Splice 1. I will bring punch to the party, AND my sister will bring snacks. 2. I will bring punch to the party. My sister will bring snacks. 3. I will bring punch to the party; my sister will bring snacks.

200

What is wrong with this sentence, and how do we fix it? The holiday festivities should be fun and I usually go every year but this year I can't afford it.

Run-on Sentence 1. The holiday festivities should be fun, and I usually go every year, but this year I can't afford it.

300

What is wrong with this sentence, and how do we fix it? Haggling with the store owner.

Sentence Fragment 1. Haggling with the store owner + verb + object 2. Subject + verb + haggling with the store owner

Writing Conclusions

100

What comes last in a conclusion?

Personal ending statement

200

When you summarize the main points, what order do you have to write them in?

Write them in the order that they appear in the body paragraphs

300

True or False: When re-stating the thesis in the conclusion, you need to write it exactly as it was written in the introduction.

False: you need to paraphrase (same meaning, different wording)