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Run on Sentences
Combining Sentences
Wordy Sentences
Paragraphs
Good Paragraphs
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What is a run-on sentence?
Two complete sentences ran together as if they are one.
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Combine the following sentence by inserting words: Louis Armstrong was a famous musician. He was a jazz musician.
Louis Armstrong was a famous jazz musician.
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What is a wordy sentence?
When you use more words than you really need.
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This is not really a PART of the paragraph, but every paragraph should have this. (HINT: it is the white part of our paragraph diagram ABOVE the traffic signal)
What is a title?
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Chronological order is one way to organize your details. What is chronological order?
Chronological order is when you arrange your ideas in the order in which they occur.
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Correct the following run-on sentence: Many of the buildings have been expanded and modernized, this photograph shows how it looks today.
Many of the buildings have been expanded and modernized. This photograph shows how it looks today.
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Combine the following setneces by using and, but, or or. Crocodiles have strong tails. They are excellent swimmers.
Crocodiles have strong tails and are excellent swimmers.
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Correct the following wordy sentence. What I mean to say is that Carlos did not go to the movie with us.
Carlos did not go to the movie with us.
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This states the main idea of the paragraph. It usually occurs in the first or second sentence of a paragraph. (HINT: it was the green part of the traffic signal)
What is the topic sentence?
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Order of importance is a way to organize your details. How does order of importance organize your details?
Order of importance arranges details from the least to the most important, or the reverse.
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Correct the following run-on sentence: Harris Middle School is a great school, it has the best students!
Harris Middle School is a great school. It has the best students! or Harris Middle School is a great school, and has the best students!
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Combine the following sentences by inserting phrases. The building was the site of a tragic event. The event occurred in 1945.
The building was the site of a tragic event in 1945.
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Correct the following wordy sentence. They work and work on their homework.
They work on their homework.
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These sentences follow the topic sentence and are the body of the paragraph. (HINT: these sentences are the yellow part of the traffic signal.)
What are the supporting sentences?
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When a paragrph has coherence, the reader can easily see how all of the details are connected. You can use two methods to create coherence in your writing. First, you can order details in a way that makes sense to the reader. What is the second way?
You can show how the details are connected by using appropriate transitional words.
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What are the two ways you can revise run-on sentences
1. You can make two sentences. 2. You can use a comma and a coordinating conjuction.
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Combine the following sentences using a comma and a coordinating conjunction. Many schools have great students. HMS has the best students.
Many schools have great students, but HMS has the best students!
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Correct the following wordy sentence. Juan opened his birthday gift with a great eagerness.
Juan eagerly opened his birthday gift.
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This sentence pulls together the preceding sentences by emphasizing the main idea. (HINT: it was the red part of the traffic signal.)
What is the clincher or concluding sentence.
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A good paragraph has unity, coherence, and elaboration. List three ways to elaborate.
descriptive words definition example comparison contrast fact/statistic sensory details cause and effect
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A run-on sentence that has two sentences joined with just a comma is called what?
What is a comma splice.
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Combine the following sentences by using a subordinate clause. (Hint: you can make a short sentence into a subordinate clause by inserting who, which, or that in place of the subject.) Their empire was destroyed by the Spanish. The Spanish conquered it in 1521.
Their empire was destroyed by the Spanish who conquered it in 1521.
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What are the three ways to revise wordy sentences? Hint: 1. Replace a group of words with __________. 2. Replace a clause with a ________. 3. ________ a whole group of unnecessary words.
1. Replace a group of words with one word. 2. Replace a clause with a phrase. 3. Remove a whole group of unnecessary words.
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What does it mean when a paragraph has unity?
When a paragraph has unity, all the sentences relate to the main idea.
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What are the four types of paragraphs? (In TCAP terms)
What is narrative, technical, descriptive, and persuasive.