A fragment is an incomplete sentence usually one that is missing either a subject or a verb The first time I prepared myself for a picnic kind of like riding a bike for the first time ID: 494671
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Slide1
FragmentsSlide2
A
fragment
is an
incomplete sentence,
usually one that is missing either a subject or a verb.Slide3
The first
time.
I prepared myself for a
picnic
kind of like
riding a bike for the first time.
Not that, being a twelve-year-old boy, I had
trouble riding a bike.
It wasn’t like
that. I wasn’t
born with picnicking etiquette. Anyway, it was too late. For picnic lessons. And someone had already checked out the last copy of
Twelve Steps to Proper Picnicking
. I had to wing it. At this point. And just hope she wouldn’t find out. Slide4
My
grandfather.
S
itting
in front of the
television
pretending to be reading the paper instead being fast asleep.
Grandma.
I
n
the kitchen peeling potatoes and humming some old song everyone was tired of.
Merging at the dinner table.
And me. Ready to skedaddle at a moment’s notice. Slide5
We have gone together for three
months.
A
nd
now I have just
decided.
T
o
be friends. Even knowing he still wants the boyfriend-girlfriend thing. The ring-on-the-finger thing. The till-death-do-us-part thing. He wants me to be his girl. Until he is ninety-six and I’m a young ninety-five.Slide6
Activity:
Turn the fragments into sentences by
re-writing them,
adding any necessary words or combining any phrases.Slide7
Exit Slip…Now write your own paragraph containing at least three fragments. Make sure they are used for a purpose, for emphasis.