PPT-The Sentence

The basic building block of communication A sentence must express a complete thought Every sentence has two essential parts a subject and a predicate Example My favorite ballerina danced the Swan Queen. Mark the CORRECT sentence 1 A Jennifer is smart beautiful and loves everyone B Jennifer is smart beautiful and caring 2 A Andys day is so long that he gets up at 600 am leaves for work at 630 am is eating dinner at 1100 pm and goes to bed at 200 am ‘I can swim really fast.’.  . He said me that he could swim really fast..    .  . He told that he could swim really fast..    .  . He said that he could swim really fast..     . 1.   Report this sentence correctly.. Angela Gulick. CAS Writing Specialist. June . 2015. What Is a Sentence Fragment?. Just as the word “fragment” means a piece or segment of something in our everyday language, a sentence fragment is a piece or segment of a sentence. . S. S. F. S. S. F. F. F. Each of the following word groups is a sentence fragment. In your notebook, rewrite the fragment into a complete sentence. You may add words before, after, or both before and after. You may use any end punctuation mark, along with any commas you may need in the sentence.. What is a fragment?. Sentence fragments occur when phrases are punctuated as . sentences even . though they are not actually sentences. .. They may be missing a subject, a predicate, or are not a complete thought. (In other words…they might be dependent clauses, or phrases that are punctuated as sentences.). Review: What makes a complete sentence?. Subject. What is the subject in each sentence?. Our teacher always buys some sanity on the way home.. The white mark around the black cat. ’. s neck seemed to form into a noose.. Recognizing flaws in sentences and editing appropriately. Day 1. Please correct this sentence. . Until April 8 1974 Babe Ruth held the American record for home runs he held the record for bases on balls until April 26 2001.. “Variety’s . the very spice of life . That gives it all its . flavour. .”. - . William Cowper. A group of words that expresses a thought and is complete in itself.. Sentence. . (noun). The Quality of Being Different; not having uniformity or sameness. Simple sentence. One independent clause. I love English!. Compound Sentences . Two independent clauses joined with a comma and conjunction. I love to write. , but . I also love to read. !. Complex sentence. . contains . one independent clause/ main clause . an. d at least one dependent clause.. Example: .  . The dinner was burned . because she had forgotten it.. Independent c: The dinner was burned. Dependent c: (because) she had forgotten it. 1.) Sentence Fragments. 2.) Run on sentences. Sentence Fragments. Have you ever seen the term “. frag. ”. . or “. fragmen. t” written on an essay you received back from a teacher?. Did you understand what the grammar problem was with that sentence or how to fix it?. On the SOL essay, graders will look for . varied. sentence structure. . Simple. Compound. Complex. Compound - Complex. Complete Sentences. To write a complete sentence, you must include:. Capitalized first word. essays can . give it life and rhythm. Too many sentences with the same structure and length can grow monotonous for readers. Varying sentence style and structure can also reduce repetition and add emphasis. Long sentences work well for incorporating a lot of information, and short sentences can often maximize crucial points. . DGP – Sentence 1 Day 1 Punctuation and Capitalization Sentence meny studants work on the star are skool newspaper Word Bank: capital letter (3) comma (1) period (1) (1) Discuss and Compare