all you ever want to know about… sentences. sentence fragments a sentence fragment is a word group...
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All You Ever Want to All You Ever Want to Know About…Know About…
All You Ever Want to All You Ever Want to Know About…Know About…
SentencesSentences
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Sentence Fragments
•A sentence fragment is a word group that has been capitalized as if it were a complete sentence.
•Ex. : Ran to the store.
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Decide… sentence or fragment?
• A flying squirrel a squirrel that can gracefully glide through the air.
• The squirrel glides downward, then straight, and finally upward.
• Nesting in the hollows of trees.
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Run-on sentences• Sentences that keep going and going
and going…like the Energizer Bunny. • Is actually two complete sentences
punctuated like one sentence. Two separate thoughts run together.
• Ex. The Braves lost their game last night they haven’t won a game in weeks.
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Sentence or run-on?• I went to the Kenny Chesney
concert last night it was great!• I saw the movie, The World Trade
Center ; it made me cry.• I went to the grocery store for
some bread then I went to the mall to shop.
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Revising run-on sentences
•1. You can make two sentences“I went to the Kenny Chesney concert. It was great!”
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• You can use a comma and a coordinating conjunction such as and, but, or or.– “I went to the Kenny Chesney
concert, and it was great!!
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Combining Sentences• Sentence combining helps to
reduce the number of repeated words or ideas and makes sentences less choppy.
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How do we combine sentences?
• By inserting words.• By inserting phrases.• Using and, but, or or
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Inserting Words…• I went to Nickelback concert. It
was great!
• I went to a great Nickelback concert!!!
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Inserting phrases…• I love the movies. I love to eat
popcorn.
• I love to eat popcorn at the movies.
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Using and, but, or or…• I love the movies. I love to eat
popcorn.– I love to got to the movies and eat
popcorn.
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Using and, but, or or• I can got to the football game. I
can go to my friend’s birthday party.– I can go to the football game or my
friend’s birthday party.