Fragments

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Fragments Run-ons
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What is a fragment?

• A group of words with end punctuation that is not
  a complete sentence.
• It is either missing a subject
• Ran across the street.
• Or it is missing a verb
• The beautiful, well-mannered girl.

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Are the following fragments?

• A chair built by my father.
• Yes
• On top of my dresser.
• Yes
• One stuffed with down.
• Yes
• I bought a new pillow stuffed with down.
• No
• The weaver making a rug.
• Yes
• The weaver is making a rug.
• No.

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p. 348 Ex. 29

• By displaying and selling their work at crafts
  fairs, artisans give people across the country a
  chance to admire and purchase their works.
• There are many different types of crafts,
  including ceramics, weaving, knitting, and
  painting.
• One of my favorite craft fairs is held every
  summer in the Berkshire Mountains in
  Massachusetts.
• There are so many types of works from which you
  can choose glassware, rugs, tapestries, vases,
  colorful prints.
• Displaying paintings based on nursery rhymes, one
  of the artists had the perfect gift for my
  youngest brother.

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Run-Ons

• Two or more complete sentences incorrectly
  punctuated as if they were one.
• Elizabeth turned at the sudden noise a bird had
  crashed into the picture window.
• You can correct it by splitting it into two
  sentences.
• Elizabeth turned at the sudden noise. A bird had
  crashed into the picture window.

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Or you can add commas and conjunctions

• I baked the cake this morning I have not frosted
  it.
• I baked the cake this morning, but I have not
  frosted it.
• Or with semicolons
• I baked the cake this morning however, I have
  not frosted it.

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Or you can rewrite it

• I baked the cake this morning. I have not had a
  chance to frost it yet.
• Although I have not had a chance to frost it yet,
  I did bake the cake this morning.

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p. 351 Ex. 31 (1-5)

• My grandmother taught me about quilting. I
  really enjoy this craft.
• When I was little, it was difficult, but now it
  is easier.
• Correct
• Sometimes we follow a traditional pattern, and
  sometimes we make scenes that tell a story.
• Last year, my sister started learning to quilt.
  She enjoys it almost as much as I do.