PPT-Sentence Fragments

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 . What Is a Complete Sentence?. Complete sentences have at least a subject and a verb. The subject is the actor of the sentence and the verb is what the subject does.. Example: My cat eats.. “My cat” is the subject. The verb is “eats.”. A . fragment. fails to be a sentence because it cannot stand by itself—does not contain an independent clause.. Does not have subject + verb + complete thought. Fragments include:. Dependent clauses by themselves . Sentence Fragments. Fragments. are incomplete . sentences. . . Usually. , . fragments. are pieces of . sentences. that have become disconnected from the main clause. .. . One of the easiest ways to correct them is to remove the period between the . A very brief introduction. Android Fragments. 1. Fragments, what and why?. Fragments are fragments(!) of an Activity.. A Fragment can be re-used in many Activities.. Fragments can help you adapt to different screen sizes and resolutions.. 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.. 232 Najd. Starting a Sentence with ‘Because’. You can start a sentence with because, as long as you make sure to fully complete the sentence. One clause beginning with the word . because. does not constitute a sentence. . Run-ons. Directions: State whether each sentence contains a complete sentence (S), a fragment (F), a run –on (RO), or a comma splice (CS). . If it is not a complete sentence, correct 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.). 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?. (Sentences) . TAPCo - 2016-2017. Starting with “the why”. Many of our students. :. Lack organizational skills. Are unable to empathize (see another perspective). Have trouble discerning important info from details. DNA Fingerprinting. Also known as . DNA profiling. Analyzes individuals based on the occurrence of repetitive sequences of DNA. The DNA of each individual has a distinctive pattern.. It is the unique pattern of these bands that makes it possible to distinguish individuals.. Sentence Fragments. Sentence fragments often are missing either the subject or the predicate (verb). A subject names someone or something. A predicate makes assertions about the subject. A fragment may also fail to complete a thought.. Ons. An Overview. Fragments. . Fragments are incomplete sentences. They are missing a verb or a subject or both.. First, the lack of exercise.  . Furthermore, the huge development of the country, easy life and transportation.    . Fragment Rule. A fragment occurs whenever you do these three things: . You begin a group of words with a capital letter. . You conclude this group of words with an end mark—either a period [ . ], question mark [ ? ], or exclamation point [ ! ]. .