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Fragments, Run-Ons, and Comma Splices

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12th Grade

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Fragments, Run-Ons, and Comma Splices
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Which option is not a sentence?

He laughed uncontrollably.
Rolled along the sidewalk.
She loved running at night.
Her dog barked and cried.

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CCSS.L.4.1F

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Academic essays tend to be highly logical, clear logical reasoning is very persuasive.

no error
run-on sentence
comma splice
sentence fragment

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CCSS.L.4.1F

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

In the humanities disciplines, scholars mostly use a deductive structure and a thesis statement. While in the social sciences or science disciplines, scholars prefer to use an inductive structure and a hypothesis.

no error
run-on sentence
comma splice
sentence fragment

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CCSS.L.4.1F

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

In “Simplicity,” William Zinsser argues that cluttered writing is bad writing, however it can be fixed by eliminating all unnecessary or unclear words.

no error
run-on sentence
comma splice
sentence fragment

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CCSS.L.4.1F

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Drew Hayden Taylor’s critique of Stephen Harper’s apology. Argued that it is insufficient to the task. 

no error
run-on sentence
comma splice
sentence fragment

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CCSS.L.4.1F

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

45 sec • 1 pt

Richard Wagamese is an Ojibway First Nations’ poet, novelist, and journalist in “Returning to Harmony,” he critiques Canada’s residential school system.

no error
run-on sentence
comma splice
sentence fragment

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CCSS.L.4.1F

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 1 pt

It is important to revise essays at the following levels. Content, structure, and editing. 

no error
run-on sentence
comma splice
sentence fragment

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CCSS.L.4.1F

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