2.5 Use a Comma to Set off Additions at the End of a Sent.

2.5 Use a Comma to Set off Additions at the End of a Sentence

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence. What is the base (independent clause) of this sentence?

• on the table

• leaving his empty cereal bowl on the table

• Mark slipped away

• There is no independent clause; it is not a complete sentence.

Multiple Choice

Reread the sentence. What is the CLOSER (dependent clause) added the sentence?

• Mark slipped away

• leaving his empty cereal bowl on the table

• on the table

• There are no dependents added to this sentence (the base/independent) clause.

Multiple Choice

Reread the sentence. Why is there a comma in the sentence?

• There is a comma in the sentence, because it is acting as a zoom lens, focusing the reader on the further description of the independent clause that comes before the addition (the CLOSER).

• There is a comma in the sentence, because it is joining two independent clauses with a coordinating conjunction.

• There is a comma in the sentence, because it is separating the dependent being added to the sentence as an OPENER.

• There is no need for a comma in the sentence; it should be removed.

Multiple Choice

Read the sentence. What is the base (the independent clause) of the sentence?

• of auditioning

• There was a lot of posing going on

• a kind of auditioning or something

• There is no base clause; it is not a complete sentence.

Multiple Choice

Reread the sentence. What is the dependent being added to the sentence as a CLOSER?

• There was a lot of posing going on

• or something

• a kind of auditioning or something

• of auditioning

Multiple Choice

Reread the sentence. Why is there a comma in the sentence?

• There is no need for a comma in the sentence; it should be removed.

• There is a comma in the sentence, because it is joining two independent clauses with a coordinating conjunction.

• There is a comma in the sentence, because it is separating the dependent being added to the sentence as an OPENER.

• There is a comma in the sentence, because it is acting as a zoom lens, focusing the reader on the further description of the independent clause that comes before the addition (the CLOSER).

Open Ended

Now, try your hand at crafting YOUR OWN sentence that has an addition at the end of it. Your sentence should follow the CLOSER sentence pattern.