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Fragments
Fragments
Fragments
What are the two basic ways to correct
sentence fragments?
Add what is missing (subject, verb, or both)
Attach fragment to sentence before or after
it
Spotting Fragments
What are the five trouble spots that
signal possible fragments?
A word group that begins with a(n)
Preposition
Dependent word
Spotting Fragments
Dependent words
after, although, as, as if, because,
before, even though, how, if, since,
so that, than, that, though, unless,
until, when, where, whether, which,
while, who, whom, whose, why
Spotting Fragments
What are the five trouble spots that signal possible
fragments?
A word group that begins with a(n)
Preposition
Dependent word
-ing verb form
to and a verb
an example or explanation
Spotting Fragments
the basics
Find the subject.
A subject is the person or thing doing the action or
being described in the sentence.
I run two miles every day, rain or shine.
Find the verb.
A verb is a word that expresses action or a state of
being.
He is happy about his new shoes.
Practice
Eat your spinach.
2. Until I turn sixteen.
3. My big fat mouth.
4. When I come home from school.
5. Flies off her perch, lands on my shoulder, and
begs for sunflower seeds.
6. The dog and cat are both making noise.
7. She cant sleep because of the noise.
8. What makes me mad!
1.
Run-ons
Run-Ons
Run-Ons
Fused sentence
We went to the beach last summer I
learned to surf.
Comma splice
We went to the beach last summer, I
learned to surf.
Run-Ons
Run-Ons
Practice
1.
2.
3.
4.
Capitalization
Capitalization
Capitalization
Days of the week, months, and
holidays, but not seasons
Monday, December, Passover,
Easter
Capitalization
Capitalization
geographic areas such as cities,
states, countries, counties, rivers,
oceans, streets, parks, etc.
North Dakota, Ohio River, Atlantic
Ocean
Capitalization
regions of the United States but
not directions
I was born in the Midwest, but I grew
up in the North.
Capitalization
Historical periods
Capitalization
Capitalization
Capitalization
Capitalization
Capitalization
Capitalization
Apostrophe
Apostrophe
Only 2 uses
1. ownership
2. omission
Apostrophe - Ownership
Apostrophe - Ownership
Apostrophe - Ownership
Apostrophe - Ownership
Apostrophe - Ownership
Apostrophe - Omission
Apostrophe - Omission
Apostrophe - Omission
Who VS Whom
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