Discuss complete vs. fragment sentences

Identifying run-ons Understanding the parts of a sentence Correcting comma splices KU Writing Center Review how to get grades and feedback Review how to name files being sent in

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A complete sentence has a subject and a verb A fragment will be missing one or the other To spot and correct a fragment you need to

understand three sentence elements (subject, verb, dependent clause/subordinate clause)

Subject – tells you who or what the sentence is about or receives the action (noun)

Verb – expresses the action or state of being. Contains one word or also a helping verb

Mom cooks breakfast every morning

I want a new bike for Christmas.

Carl didn't help his dad.

The kittens were under the straw stack.

Run next door for some sugar.

Margie lost her keys on Tuesday. And found them on Wednesday.

The instructor canceled class. But did not postpone the quiz.

Relieved that it had stopped raining, Teresa rushed into the mall. Then remembered her car window was open.

A group of words that begins with a preposition and ends with a noun or pronoun that tells what of whom is the object of the preposition

on the housefrom my instructor

A noun within a prepositional phrase is never the subject of a sentence

after, in, across, throughout, until, before, to, between to name a few

Beneath the chair, the cat dozed. The students in the art class

pained a mural.

A crowd of teenagers had purchased tickets for the concert.

Patches of blue sky ate visible above the horizon.

Verbs are a word or word group that indicates what the subject does or what happens to the subject

Main verbs are often accompanied by one or more helping verb (will, can, be, have, do, etc.)

Compound Verbs are joined together by a conjunction (and, or, but, etc.)

Walking across campus after lunch.› Must include a subject & helping verb.

Morris was patient. Waiting in line at the bank.› Add a subject and change the verb in the

second sentence. To reach my goal.

› Add a subject and a verb to the beginning To earn the highest grade. Libby

studies eight hours.› Combine these sentences with a comma

A clause is a group of related that contains a subject and its verb

Independent clause: complete thought and stands alone.› Advertisers prominently displayed brand

names. Dependent (Subordinate) clause:

does not express a complete thought.› After World War II ended.

Does the word group have a subject? Does the word group have a verb? Does the word group begin with a

subordinating conjunction (since, after, because, as, while, although, so forth, etc) introducing a dependent clause?

Does the word group begin with a relative pronoun (who, whom, whose, whoever, whomever, that, which, whatever) introducing a dependent clause?

One primary purpose – to separate Periods, Question Marks, and

Exclamation Marks are used at the end of sentences

Commas, Colons, Semicolons, Hyphens, Dashes, Quotation Marks, Parentheses are used within sentences (and most commonly misused)

When you read you pause at a natural break, if there is no punctuation perhaps the sentence should be edited.

When you do not separate two complete thoughts

The library has a copy machine it is very conveniently located.

My major is nursing I do enjoy working with people.

1. Separate the two complete thoughts into 2 sentences.

2. Separate the two complete thoughts with a semicolon.

3. Join the two complete thoughts with a comma and a coordinating conjunction (and, but, for, nor, or, so, yet)

4. Make one thought dependent upon the other by using a subordinating conjunction (although, once, since, though, when, while, etc.)

Correct comma splices the same way you would a run-on sentence.› 1. Separate the two complete thoughts

into one› 2. Separate the two complete thoughts

with a semicolon› 3. Join the two complete thoughts with

a comma and a coordinating junction (and, but, for, nor, etc.)

› 4. Make one thought dependent upon the other by using a subordination conjunction.

Inez packed for the camping trip she remembered everything except insect repellant.

The limousine drove through our neighborhood, everybody wondered who was in it.

Before the big game, Louis, who is a quarterback eats a lot of pasta and bread he says it gives him energy.

Amanda worked every night of a month on the needlepoint pillow that she was making for her grandmother.

Investigate computer availability…you MUST have Microsoft Word

Save your work frequently (trust me on this!)

Work with a printed copy (it is much easier to edit from paper)

Use, but do not rely on, a spell-check program (if you use the wrong form of a word, it will not pick it up – finely vs finally)

Four tasks› Read/Study the paragraph on tattoos› Tell why it was difficult to read› What corrections could be made to make it clearer› Rewrite the paragraph correctly

Make sure your responses address the person you are writing to and that your posts focus on specific aspects of his/her post.› What did your classmate to well (be specific)› What did they do that you did not think to do (be

specific) Check out the example response on the

Discussion page

Unit Reading (there are power point presentations in you do not have a book yet)

Post in the Discussion Board Complete your Writing Lab activities –

there are introduction presentations that should be viewed before jumping right in

Log in to take your Quiz before Tuesday at 11:59 pm ET

Attend the seminar or complete/submit Option 2

Click on the Reading link under Unit 2 Read the PDF file about the Writing

Center This file contains valuable

information on services offered to you› Live tutoring, Q&A Center, and paper

reviews READ IT, USE IT! It is worth the time. There is also a Power Point

Presentation in Doc Sharing

Title ALL assignments with KU121_title_last name You can only submit an assignment ONCE, so make

sure it is done correctly and all parts have been completed To view comments open the assignment in the

gradebook. If there is a side arrow with a +, click on that arrow and the rest of my comment will appear.

All grades should be posted by the end of the calendar week

Review your graded work within MyWriting Lab and note the difference between your answer and the correct answer.

Go through the Chapter Power Points for this unit if you do not have a book. There is much more to Chapters 4-6 then I was able to cover.