2.1 Sentence Fragments
What is a sentence fragment?
What is a group of words that is incorrectly punctuated as a complete sentence?
A fragment may be missing: subject,verb or both
True or False
A run-on sentence is a fake sentence.
What is false?
Define Parallel structure or parallelism.
What is the use of two or more words , phrases, or clauses that have the same grammatical structure?
What is the main problem with the following sentence: "We went to the store, then we stopped by the park, and after that, we went to my friend's house where we stayed for a while and then came back home."
What is a stringy sentence?
This is the main problem with the following sentence: "The dog was nice and the park was pretty."
What is a lack of colorful language?
Correct this fragment and tell me what is missing:
"The athletes at the starting line."
What is a verb?
example: What is The athletes ran to the starting line?
Use a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS) to fix this sentence: "The sun was setting we decided to go for a walk."
What is “The sun was setting, so we decided to go for a walk”?
This sentence is not parallel: “She likes swimming, to run, and biking.” Fix it.
What is “She likes swimming, running, and biking”?
Fix this stringy sentence by breaking it into two or more sentences: "After school, I did my homework, and I went to soccer practice, and after that, I had dinner and watched TV until bedtime."
What is “After school, I did my homework. Then, I went to soccer practice. After that, I had dinner and watched TV until bedtime”?
Make this sentence more colorful by replacing the vague noun "people" and "mountain" "The people climbed the mountain."
What is “The explorers climbed the top of Mt. Baldy.”?
Identify the error in this fragment:
“Before the game starts.
What is missing the subject and the verb?
Is the following sentence a run-on sentence?
Fix this run-on sentence by creating two separate sentences: "She loves reading books she spends hours at the library.
What is “She loves reading books. She spends hours at the library”?
Combine this sentence using parallel structure: "The cat ran across the yard, it jumped over the fence, and then was sitting on the wall."
What is “The cat ran across the yard, jumped over the fence, and sat on the wall”?
Improve this sentence by deleting less important details or turning them into a phrase: "The car was fast, and we drove down the street, and it was raining, and we barely made it on time."
What is “Despite the rain, we drove the fast car down the street and barely made it on time”?
Identify the figurative language in this sentence: "The wind whispered secrets through the trees."
What is personification?
Attach the fragment to a complete sentence:
"before the game began"
Example:
"What is, "The coach gave a pep talk before the game began”
Correct this sentence by using a semicolon and a conjunctive adverb: "It was raining heavily we canceled the picnic.
What is “It was raining heavily; therefore, we canceled the picnic”?
Correct the sentence: "The students wanted to finish their homework, go to the party, and to have fun."
What is “The students wanted to finish their homework, go to the party, and have fun”?
Fix this wordy sentence by eliminating redundant words: "The two friends worked together on the project, and they collaborated jointly on every part of the assignment."
What is “The two friends collaborated on every part of the assignment”?
What kind of figurative language is this and what two things are being compared? "The basketball player moved across the court like a lightning bolt."
What is a simile?
What are the basketball player and a lightning bolt?
What are the 3 ways to correct fragments?
What is add what's missing, attach the fragment to a complete sentence, and eliminate the word that makes the fragment.
Fix this run-on sentence by turning one part into a subordinate clause: "The team won the championship they celebrated all night."
What is “Because the team won the championship, they celebrated all night”?
Identify the error in parallel structure in this sentence and correct it: "The recipe requires chopping vegetables, to marinate the chicken, and stirring the sauce."
What is “The recipe requires chopping vegetables, marinating the chicken, and stirring the sauce”?
Correct this wordy sentence by replacing a phrase with a single word and using strong verbs: "The coach gave an inspirational speech that encouraged us to play with energy and enthusiasm."
What is “The coach inspired us to play energetically”?
What is this type of figurative language and what two things are being compared? "Her voice was music to his ears."
What are her voice and music?
What is a metaphor?
What are her voice and music?