PPT-The Sentence

Subjects and Predicates What parts make up a sentence subject predicate a complete thought If any of the 3 components are missing then it is NOT a sentence You must have all 3 Subjects The subject tells whom or what the sentence is about. 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. . 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 . 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.. “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.. UWC Writing Workshop. Spring 2014. Let’s see what’s out there…. Basics of Sentence Structure. Comma Splices. Sentence Fragments. Verbs . Use Interesting Verbs. Use Verbs You Know. Don’t Use Passive Voice. 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.. A construction shift . resembles. . misplaced. . modifiers. in . that. the modifier . is. in the . wrong. place, but the construction shifts . require. no . words. to . be. . changed. . . Instead. Herr Liszt made a hissing sound through his teeth and shook his head angrily.. He had hoped that Maria would take his side in the campaign to get away from Out-With, but he could see where her loyalties really lay. . Students’ (and teachers?) understanding of sentence variety is not strong and is often over-generalised, and not linked to an effect on the writing.. Sentence variety is about:. choice of sentence length .