What are Complete What are Complete Sentences?Sentences?

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What are Complete What are Complete Sentences?Sentences?

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Bell Ringer #1Determine if the following are

Fragments Run-ons or Complete Sentences

1. Invented gunpowder in Asia around 1000A.D.

2. 2. The Crusades of the 12th Century encouraged trade.

3. Small ships braved the huge ocean they explored the coastline.

4. Although they explored the coastline.5. At the same time a golden age in

Mexico.

Essential VocabularySentence – a group of words that has a

subject and an predicate and expresses a complete thought

Sentence Fragment- a part of a sentence that is punctuated as though it were a complete sentence. A fragment does not express a complete thought. It lacks either a subject, predicate or both.

Essential VocabularyClause Fragment- is a subordinate clause,

which has a subject or a predicate but it does not express a complete thought.

Ex: after the plane landed.Phrase Fragment – A group of words that

does not contain a subject or a predicate and does not express a complete thought

Ex: On the highway, fortunately, not at rush hour.

Methods For Correcting Fragments

1. Examine the fragment to determine what is missing. (Subject)

2. Make the correction by adding the missing part

Ex: created the potato chip (subject missing)Correction: Chef Crum created the potato chip. (subject added)Ex: Eventually after much thought, he (missing

predicate) Correction: Eventually after much thought, he

decided to change his recipe.

Essential VocabularyRun- on Sentence – a sentence made up of

two or more sentences written as if they were one sentences.

Ex: The pilot was skillful the plane didn’t hit any vehicles on the road.

Comma Splice – The incorrect joining of two sentences with a comma.

The pilot was skillful , the plane didn’t hit any vehicles on the road.

Methods of correcting a Run-on Sentence

• A Run on sentence can be correct three ways

1. Divide into separate sentences with a period.

2. Divide into separate sentences with a semicolon

3. Add a comma and a conjunction (and , but, or, for)

Closure- Complete the following

1. A sentence is a group of words that has a ______ and a ______ and expresses a complete thought.

2. A Fragment is a part of a sentence . It does not express a ________

_______.

3. A Clause fragment is a _______ clauseWhich as a subject and a predicate but it

does not express a complete thought.4. A phrase fragment is a group of words

that dopes not contain a ______or predicate and it does not express a complete thought.

5. A Run on sentence is a sentence made up of ____or more sentences written as though it were ______ sentence.

6. To correct a fragment ______ to determine which part is missing _____ _______ or both and add the missing part necessary to make it a complete sentence.

7. A Run- on sentence can be corrected in one of three ways:

1. By adding a ______ to separate.2. By adding a ________ to separate.3. By adding a _______ and a

_______.