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Mixup 4 This dog is dressed as a bear This dog loves the wind Stop drinking my pop dog. 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 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. . 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 . “The Cask of Amontillado”, by Edgar Allen Poe. A SENTENCE is…. A group of words with a . subject. and a . predicate. which expresses a complete thought.. A SUBJECT is the object that is doing the action.. 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.. “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. Review. Define each of the following:. Adjective. Modifies a noun. Adverb. Modifies a verb, adverb, and adjective. Subject. Who or what the sentence is about.. Direct object. Receives the action of the verb. 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.). 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. How do I make my writing interesting and sophisticated?. Writers . need the ability to tell the difference between an independent and a dependent clause. . An . independent clause can stand alone as a completed thought and sentence. . Since he came to New York. .. Because my dog loves it.. Unless you see me. .. Is there anything wrong with these sentences?. All . of these sentences end too . quickly. After . reading these sentences, the reader asks questions because he/she needs more information.. Front Loaded Sentences. Present the subject and verb in the initial position, followed by a variety of modifying phrases.. Example: Dr. . Zhivago. is a typical David Lean film, with panoramic scenes, larger-than-life characters, and universal implications.. DGP – Sentence 12 Day 1 Punctuation and Capitalization Sentence my uncle from pittsburgh pennsylvania recent bougt a boat witch he will keep on our lake Word Bank: capital letter (3) period (1)