PowerPoint Presentations Pathways for Writing Scenarios: From Sentence to Paragraph, Second Edition Chapter 5

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PowerPoint Presentations Pathways for Writing
Scenarios From Sentence to Paragraph, Second
Edition Chapter 5

• Prepared by Joanna Chrzanowski, Ph.D.

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Chapter 5Run-On Sentences and Comma Splices

• All punctuation serves one primary purposeto
  separate.
• To correct and avoid run-on sentences and comma
  splices, you need a good grasp of both
• in between-sentence punctuation (periods,
  question marks, and exclamation points) and
• within-sentence punctuation (commas, colons,
  semicolons, hyphens, dashes, etc.).

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Chapter 5Run-On Sentences and Comma Splices

• Take a look at between-sentence punctuation
  examples

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Chapter 5Run-On Sentences and Comma Splices

• Commas, colons, semicolons, hyphens, dashes,
  quotation marks, and parenthesis all separate
  parts of a sentence from one another.
• The comma is the most commonly used punctuation
  mark and also the most commonly misused.
• When you do not insert punctuation and a
  coordinating conjunction between two complete
  thoughts, you create an error called a run-on
  sentence (sometimes called a fused sentence).

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Chapter 5How to Recognize Run-On Sentences

• Read each sentence aloud and place a slash mark
  when you hear a pause. The pause indicates the
  need for punctuation.

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Chapter 5How to Recognize Run-On Sentences

• Look for sentences that contain two complete
  thoughts (independent clauses) without
  punctuation to separate them.

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Chapter 5How to Recognize Run-On Sentences

• Look for long sentences.

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Chapter 5How to Correct Run-On Sentences

• Create two separate sentences.

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Chapter 5How to Correct Run-On Sentences

• Use a semicolon.

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Chapter 5How to Correct Run-On Sentences

• Use a comma and a coordinating conjunction.

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Chapter 5How to Correct Run-On Sentences

• There are seven coordinating conjunctions.
• Choose the one that shows the right relationship
  between the two complete thoughts in a sentence.

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Chapter 5How to Correct Run-On Sentences

• The following examples show how to use a comma
  and a coordinating conjunction to correct a
  run-on sentence.