Run-ons and Comma Splices: Genius Level

A _______ occurs when two or more complete sentences are jammed together with NO punctuation.

• Run-on
• Fragment
• Complete sentence
• comma splice

Tags

CCSS.L.8.2A

A _______ occurs when two or more complete sentences are jammed together with only a comma.  :(  (COMMA is the key word!)

• Run-on
• Fragment
• Complete sentence
• comma splice

Tags

CCSS.L.8.2A

A ________ occurs when a sentence is missing a subject, predicate, or complete thought. 

• Run-on
• Fragment
• Complete sentence
• comma splice

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1

A _______ paired with a ______________  ___________ is one way to correct a run-on sentence. 

• Comma,  coordinating nconjunction
• Period, conjunction
• Period, semi-colon
• Semicolon, comma

Tags

CCSS.L.8.2A

Pop stars tend to be very snobby, this egotism is off-putting.

• no error
• run-on sentence
• comma splice
• sentence fragment

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Susan ducked down when she saw Mr. Hayden walk into Tito’s Taco Palace, unfortunately, a burrito wasn't big enough to hide behind, so poor Susan had to explain why she had missed his class again.

• Palace unfortunately,
• Palace, and unfortunately
• Palace. Unfortunately,
• Make no change

Tags

CCSS.L.8.2A

Mark searched the nearly empty refrigerator for a midnight snack his only choices were curdled milk, stale pizza, and grape jelly.

• snack, his
• snack, but his
• snack, so his
• No change needed

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2

Sherian refuses to let her kids have a puppy, she is convinced that dogs are just big germs and refuses to follow one around with a sponge and bottle of bleach.

• puppy she
• puppy, but she
• puppy, for she
• NO change needed

Tags

CCSS.L.8.2A

What is this sentence categorized as?
While Mr.Neumeyer graded all of the papers at a rate of one paper per hour.

• Fragment
• Run-on
• Comma splice
• Fragment & Run-on

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Sylvia shivered in her silk shirt, the difference in temperature between the hot road and the cold library was extreme.

• shirt the
• shirt, for the
• shirt, because the

Tags

CCSS.L.8.2A

CCSS.RL.8.4