Definitions
A complete thought with a subject and a predicate.
What is an independent clause?
Who or what a sentence is about.
What is a subject?
What type of sentence is this?
She thought about eating a piece of birthday cake, but it had way too much purple frosting on it.
What is an example of a compound sentence?
All the letters in that box (need/needs) to be thrown away.
Need
What is a comma splice?
When a speaker calls a person by name.
What the subject does (or is); the action of the sentence.
What is a predicate?
Two indepedent clauses and no subordinate clauses.
Which sentence is punctuated correctly?
A. February 14, 2011, was the best Valentine's Day ever!
B. February, 14 2011, was the best Valentine's Day ever!
A
An incomplete thought missing a subject, a predicate, or both.
What is a sentence fragment?
A thought that has a subject and a predicate, but can't stand alone as a complete sentence.
One independent clause and no subordinate clause.
What is a simple sentence?
Does this sentence need a comma?
I need to talk to you about your video game addiction Jason.
Yes - After addiction
Two or more independent clauses without any punctuation between them.
What is a run-on sentence?
When a noun and a verb are the same in number; in other words, if the verb is plural, the noun is also plural.
Words like "That," "which," and "who" that often begin subordinate clauses.
What is a relative pronoun?
One independent clause and at least one subordinate clauses.
What is a complex sentence?
What is the complete subject in the following sentence?
My great grandma makes the best pasta dishes.
My great grandma
The restaurant on the corner.
Sentence Fragment
A clause, usually starting with "which" or "who" that could be left out of a sentence and must have commas before and after it.
What is a non-restrictive clause?
A phrase that restates or renames a noun.
What is a non-restrictive clause?
Two or more independent clauses and at least one subordinate clause.
What is compound-complex sentence?
What is the complete predicate of the following sentence?
The alligator's teeth snapped shut.
Snapped shut.
I have read that book six times now, it just keeps getting better every time.
Comma Splice