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Discuss complete vs. fragment sentences
Identifying run-ons
Understanding the parts of a sentence
Correcting comma splices
KU Writing Center
Review how to get grades and feedback
Review how to name files being sent in
dropbox
Discussion topic for the week
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A complete sentence has a subject and a verb
A fragment will be missing one or the other
To spot and correct a fragment you need to
understand three sentence elements (subject,
verb, dependent clause/subordinate clause)
Subject – tells you who or what the sentence is
about or receives the action (noun)
Verb – expresses the action or state of being.
Contains one word or also a helping verb
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Mom cooks breakfast every morning
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I want a new bike for Christmas.
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Carl didn't help his dad.
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The kittens were under the straw stack.
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Run next door for some sugar.
Margie lost her keys on Tuesday. And
found them on Wednesday.
 The instructor canceled class. But did not
postpone the quiz.
 Relieved that it had stopped raining,
Teresa rushed into the mall. Then
remembered her car window was open.
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A group of words that begins with a
preposition and ends with a noun or
pronoun that tells what of whom is the
object of the preposition
on the house
from my instructor
 A noun within a prepositional phrase is
never the subject of a sentence
after, in, across, throughout, until,
before, to, between to name a few
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Beneath the chair, the cat dozed.
 The students in the art class pained a
mural.
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A crowd of teenagers had purchased
tickets for the concert.
 Patches of blue sky ate visible above the
horizon.
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Verbs are a word or word group that
indicates what the subject does or what
happens to the subject
 Main verbs are often accompanied by
one or more helping verb (will, can, be,
have, do, etc.)
 Compound Verbs are joined together by
a conjunction (and, or, but, etc.)
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Walking across campus after lunch.
› Must include a subject & helping verb.
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Morris was patient. Waiting in line at the
bank.
› Add a subject and change the verb in the
second sentence.
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To reach my goal.
› Add a subject and a verb to the beginning
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To earn the highest grade. Libby studies
eight hours.
› Combine these sentences with a comma
A clause is a group of related that
contains a subject and its verb
 Independent clause: complete thought
and stands alone.
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› Advertisers prominently displayed brand
names.
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Dependent (Subordinate) clause: does
not express a complete thought.
› After World War II ended.
after
 although
 as
 as far as
 as long as
 because
 before
 during
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if
 though
 in order
 unless
that
 until
 once
 when
 rather than  where
 since
 while
 than
 that
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Does the word group have a subject?
 Does the word group have a verb?
 Does the word group begin with a
subordinating conjunction (since, after,
because, as, while, although, so forth, etc)
introducing a dependent clause?
 Does the word group begin with a relative
pronoun (who, whom, whose, whoever,
whomever, that, which, whatever)
introducing a dependent clause?
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Add a subject if one is missing.
› The advertisement appeared on television ten times
during the game.
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Add a verb if one is missing.
› An action packed commercial with rap music advertised
a new soft drink.
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Combine the fragment with an independent clause to
make it a complete sentence.
› Because advertising is expensive, companies are making
shorter commercials.
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Remove the subordinating conjunction or relative
pronoun so the group of words can stand alone as a
sentence.
› Since viewer can “zap” out commercials on video
recorders.
One primary purpose – to separate
 Periods, Question Marks, and Exclamation
Marks are used at the end of sentences
 Commas, Colons, Semicolons, Hyphens,
Dashes, Quotation Marks, Parentheses are
used within sentences (and most
commonly misused)
 When you read you pause at a natural
break, if there is no punctuation perhaps
the sentence should be edited.
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When you do not separate two complete
thoughts
The library has a copy machine it is very
conveniently located.
 My major is nursing I do enjoy working
with people.
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1. Separate the two complete thoughts into
2 sentences.
 2. Separate the two complete thoughts with
a semicolon.
 3. Join the two complete thoughts with a
comma and a coordinating conjunction
(and, but, for, nor, or, so, yet)
 4. Make one thought dependent upon the
other by using a subordinating conjunction
(although, once, since, though, when,
while, etc.)
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Correct comma splices the same way
you would a run-on sentence.
› 1. Separate the two complete thoughts into
one
› 2. Separate the two complete thoughts with
a semicolon
› 3. Join the two complete thoughts with a
comma and a coordinating junction (and,
but, for, nor, etc.)
› 4. Make one thought dependent upon the
other by using a subordination conjunction.
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Inez packed for the camping trip she remembered
everything except insect repellant.
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The limousine drove through our neighborhood,
everybody wondered who was in it.
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Before the big game, Louis, who is a quarterback eats
a lot of pasta and bread he says it gives him energy.
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Amanda worked every night of a month on the
needlepoint pillow that she was making for her
grandmother.
Investigate computer availability…you
MUST have Microsoft Word
 Save your work frequently (trust me on
this!)
 Work with a printed copy (it is much
easier to edit from paper)
 Use, but do not rely on, a spell-check
program (if you use the wrong form of a
word, it will not pick it up – finely vs
finally)
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Four tasks
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Read/Study the paragraph on tattoos
Tell why it was difficult to read
What corrections could be made to make it clearer
Rewrite the paragraph correctly
Make sure your responses address the person
you are writing to and that your posts focus on
specific aspects of his/her post.
› What did your classmate to well (be specific)
› What did they do that you did not think to do (be
specific)
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Check out the example response on the
Discussion page
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Unit Reading (there are power point
presentations in you do not have a book
yet)
Post in the Discussion Board
Complete your Writing Lab activities – there
are introduction presentations that should
be viewed before jumping right in
Log in to take your Quiz before Tuesday at
11:59 pm ET
Attend the seminar or complete/submit
Option 2
Click on the Reading link under Unit 2
 Read the PDF file about the Writing
Center
 This file contains valuable information on
services offered to you
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› Live tutoring, Q&A Center, and paper
reviews
READ IT, USE IT! It is worth the time.
 There is also a Power Point Presentation in
Doc Sharing
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Title ALL assignments with KU121_title_last name
You can only submit an assignment ONCE, so make sure it is
done correctly and all parts have been completed
To view comments open the assignment in the gradebook. If
there is a side arrow with a +, click on that arrow and the rest
of my comment will appear.
All grades should be posted by the end of the calendar week
Review your graded work within MyWriting Lab and note the
difference between your answer and the correct answer.
Go through the Chapter Power Points for this unit if you do not
have a book. There is much more to Chapters 4-6 then I was
able to cover.