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 wordsthey might be dependent clauses or phrases that are punctuated as ID: 338703
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Sentence FragmentsSlide2
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.)Slide3
Sentence fragments can be identified by using the following test:
1
) Turn the statement into a
question
by adding “wasn’t it?” or “didn’t it?” at the end.
If you can not answer the question it is a fragment.
Example: “The
cold weather.”Test #1) The cold weather, didn’t it? We cannot answer this because we don’t know what the cold weather did. Therefore this is a fragment.Example: “The cold weather delayed the game.”Test #1) The cold weather delayed the game, didn’t it? Yes, it did. Therefore this is a sentence.Slide4
Sentence fragments can be identified by using the following test:
2) Ask yourself whether the statement would convey a complete thought by itself, without the sentences surrounding it.
Ex. Because
the cold weather delayed the
game.T
his
statement
does not convey complete information. Since the phrase begins with “because,” we expect some further piece of information to be related to the weather and the delayed game. This statement is a dependent clause. Slide5
Ways to fix fragments:
1) If there is not a subject, add one
.
2) If there is not a
predicate (verb), add one.3) If there is a dependent clause without an independent clause, you can:
a)
Add
an independent clause, to make a complex sentence. “Because the rain ended the game, we headed back home.”b) Remove the subordinating word or words (Because, Due to, As a result of…)“Because the rain ended the game.”Slide6
Step 1= Identify the fragments
Although women's college basketball in Connecticut is a marvellously entertaining and popular sport. It
is not
hard to remember when it was not so popular. Hard to believe. Only a few years ago, my friends and I would go to a women's basketball game, and we could get seats for free near center court. Especially on Sunday afternoons. Of course, that was before names such as
Rebeccca
Lobo,
Jenn
Rizzotti, and Kara Wolters became household words. Lobo's book, HOME-COURT ADVANTAGE, which she wrote with her mother. A best-seller in Connecticut. If more than a couple of hundred fans showed up for a game it was considered a big turnout. Games were played in practically silent gyms. Because of the fans. Nowadays, it is almost impossible to buy tickets to a women's game, and you can't get seats. Unless you know someone.Slide7
Step 2=
repair the fragments by combining sentences, or adding the missing part of the sentences.
Although women's college basketball in Connecticut is a marvellously entertaining and popular sport
. It
is not
hard to remember when it was not so popular.
Hard to believe
. Only a few years ago, my friends and I would go to a women's basketball game, and we could get seats for free near center court. Especially on Sunday afternoons. Of course, that was before names such as Rebeccca Lobo, Jenn Rizzotti, and Kara Wolters became household words. Lobo's book, HOME-COURT ADVANTAGE, which she wrote with her mother. A best-seller in Connecticut
. If more than a couple of hundred fans showed up for a game it was considered a big turnout. Games were played in practically silent gyms. Because of the fans. Nowadays, it is almost impossible to buy tickets to a women's game, and you can't get seats. Unless you know someone.Slide8
1.
Although he had been an often decorated soldier during World War II and had fought many battles for the losing cause of liberalism in Congress.
A
. There is nothing wrong with the structure of this sentence.
B
. Run-on: put a comma after
World War II. C. Run-on: put a semicolon after World War II. D. Fragment: put a comma after Congress and finish the sentence.The correct answer is DSlide9
2.
This is going to be the most difficult exam of your
school
career, you had better start studying for it immediately.
A. There is nothing wrong with the structure of this
sentence.
B
. Fragment: put a comma after immediately and finish the sentence. C. Run-on: replace that comma with a semicolon.The correct answer is CSlide10
3.
Right after the Christmas holidays and during those three weeks before class begins in January.
A. There is nothing wrong with the structure of this sentence.
B
.
Fragment: put a comma after January and finish the sentence. C. Run-on: put a comma after holidays.The correct answer is BSlide11
4.
She ran.
A. There is nothing wrong with the structure of this sentence.
B. Fragment: the sentence is too short and needs more details to be a complete thought.The correct answer is ASlide12
5.
Perplexed by the rising rates of inflation and alarmed by the decline in major construction projects.
A. There is nothing wrong with the structure of this sentence.
B
. Run-on: put a comma after
inflation. C. Fragment: put a comma after projects and finish the sentence.The correct answer is CSlide13
8.
Anabel
realizes what she is doing, I think, but she doing it anyway.
A. There is nothing wrong with the structure of this sentence.
B
. Fragment: we're missing part of a verb.
C. Run-on: change the comma after doing to a semicolon.The correct answer is BSlide14
Indeed, who would have predicted ten years ago? That women's basketball so wildly popular?
P
eople have watched the growth of women's basketball in southern states. The enormous campus arenas at the state universities in Tennessee, North Carolina, and Georgia. The coach for Tennessee's team, Pat
Summitt
. She has achieved nearly godlike stature in that state. A tall, striking figure on- and off-court.
Summitt
commands respect. Wherever she goes. My youngest sister, Ruth Ann, who lives in Tennessee. She says you can't get near Pat
Summitt after a game. "You'd think she was a rock star," she says. Although Geno Auriemma, coach of the UConn women's team does not enjoy that kind of support. He is rapidly becoming a widely recognized figure. Because he appears frequently on TV news and sports shows.