Grammar Review

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What is personification?

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When a non-living object or animal is spoken of as though it is a person.

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What kind of run-on sentence is this: 'Mario is very responsible, he always completes his chores and his schoolwork on time.'?

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Comma Splice.

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What is a complete sentence?

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A complete sentence has a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought.

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What is a sentence fragment?

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A sentence fragment is a group of words that does not express a complete thought.

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What is an example of sound imagery?

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The roar of the waterfall echoed through the forest.

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What kind of run-on sentence is this: 'My sister has a new boyfriend and she talks about him all the time and he brought her flowers yesterday at school but another kid accidentally sat on them and they got squished.'?

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'Runaway Train'.

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What is a fused sentence?

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A fused sentence occurs when two independent clauses are joined without any punctuation.

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What is a comma splice?

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A comma splice occurs when two independent clauses are joined by a comma without a coordinating conjunction.

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What is a subject in a sentence?

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The subject is the part of the sentence that tells who or what the sentence is about.

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What is a predicate in a sentence?

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The predicate is the part of the sentence that tells what the subject does or is.