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MLA Style
Sentence Fragments
Run-On Sentences
Homophones
Vocabulary
100
Your options are: italics, quotation marks, and underlined. 1.A short story goes in... 2.A song goes in.... 3.Your essay title goes in... 4. An essay you are citing goes in... 5. A book title goes in...
1. quotation marks 2. quotation marks 3. NOTHING 4. quotation marks 5. italics NOTHING IS UNDERLINED EXCEPT HANDWRITING THAT SHOULD BE ITALICIZED.
100
Turn this into a complete sentence: "In class today."
Currently, this is a prepositional phrase lacking both a subject and verb. It could be repaired with the following approach: "In class today, we learned about sentence fragments..." etc.
100
Repair the following run-on sentence using a semi-colon: "Today I went to the grocery store the pool tanning and it was such a good day my dad and I went to dinner also?"
Today I went to the grocery store and then the pool; it was such a good day that my dad and I went to dinner also.
100
There / Their. Which belongs in the following sentence: We went to _________ house.
What is their?
100
Epiphany
A sudden realization
200
An ellipsis is used to show...
that part of the quote has been truncated.
200
The use of "Because" is what throws the sentence off, requiring an extension of the sentence. A simple fix would be to say "My car was in the shop." OR "Because my car was in the shop, I had to walk to school."
How would you make this fragment a complete sentence: "Because my car was in the shop"
200
Repair this run-on using a semi-colon: Sunday night I had dinner with my family we sat and talked for hours and hours my dad made me laugh so hard my stomach hurt really bad
On Sunday night, I had dinner with my family. We sat and talked for hours and hours; my dad made me laugh so hard that my stomach hurt really bad.
200
Which word belongs in the following sentence: due/do The library book is _____ tomorrow.
What is due?
200
euphemism
A polite or neutral word or phrase used in place of a disagreeable or potentially offensive term. For example, passed away, rather than died.
300
Double spaced with NO EXTRA SPACES between paragraphs and 1" margins all around
What is the correct spacing for a paper?
300
How would you turn this into a complete sentence: "When the rain stops"
Again, this is a prepositional phrase lacking a subject and a verb. Consider the following solution: "When the rain stops, I will go snowboarding."
300
Fix this run on using a colon: At one time few people had enough money to buy books few people could read books.
At one time few people had enough money to buy books: it didn't matter much because only a few people could read.
300
Which word belongs in the following sentence: whole / hole The ______ class was boring.
What is whole?
300
paranthetical citation
The citation in the body of your paper, in paranthesis, that shows where your information comes from when citing outside research.
400
Using paranthetical citations
How do you cite outside information within the body of your paper?
400
Telling me options as if she was controlling my life.
BEWARE of starting sentence with -ing verbs; they often cause fragments. One option: Telling me options as if she was controlling my life, my girlfriend slammed the college brochures on the table.
400
Use a colon to repair this sentence: I went to the store and my list said to buy milk eggs chips.
I went to the store and my shopping list had a few items: milk, eggs, and chips.
400
Which word belongs in the following sentence: then / than She is bigger ______ me.
What is than?
400
cliche. And fill in the following phrase with a non-cliche: Here eyes were as blue as_________
An overused expression that has lost its clarity and freshness.
500
A works cited page
What is the alphabetical list citing all of your sources at the end of your document called?
500
Repair this fragment: Although I wanted to go shopping.
Remember, when you begin a sentence with a word like "although" you have to follow through on that in order to come up with a complete sentence, for example: Although I wanted to go shopping, it was too late.
500
Repair this run-on using paranthesis: I don't play play tennis well because I have a poor backhand I took lessons when I was a kid but decided to play soccer instead.
Possible solution: I don't play tennis well because I have a poor backhand (I took lessons when I was a kid but decided to play soccer instead).
500
Which word belongs where in the following sentence: two / too / to ____ birds flew across the road ___ their nest.
What is "Two birds flew across the road to their nest?"
500
hyperbole
A deliberate and obvious exaggeration: This school is Harvard.