Editing

What is a run-on sentence?

• a sentence that keeps going.

• a comma used to much in a sentence.

• two independent clauses that are joined without a connecting word.

• a long sentence with no end mark.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

What is a comma splice?

• When you place a comma between two complete sentences.

• Signals a full stop.

• A comma after a conjunction.

• A group of words separated by a comma.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.4.2C

A sentence fragment is:

• A group of words that look like a sentence, but is only a part of a sentence.

• A clause that has a subject and a verb.

• A sentence that does not express a complete thought.

• A sentence that does express a complete thought.

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

You can corrrect a run-on or a splice by:

• adding a semicolon

• conjunctive adverb or transition

• comma

• subordinating conjunction

Tags

CCSS.L.4.1F

An adjective clause tells:

• When or where

• That

• Who

• Which one or what kind

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1E

A nonessential clause:

• Is a fragment.

• Goes at the front of the sentence.

• Is left out because it doesn't grasp the basic meaning of the sentence.

• Is needed for the sentence to make sense.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

CCSS.L.6.2A

Adverb clauses tell:

• When, where, why, how, how long, how much, or to what extent.

• Which one or what kind.

• Although, even though, or whereas.

• That, which, who, whom, whose,

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1G

How is your holiday so far?

• Great!

• Boring!

• I have to do work. :( (school work or chores)

• Its OK.

Tags

CCSS.L.5.1A

What is a dependent clause?

• Can not stand on its own as a sentence.

• Can stand on its own as a sentence.

• Looks like a sentence but is part of a sentence.

• Is joined by a linking word.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

What is an independent clause?

• Does not express a complete thought.

• Has a coordinating conjunction.

• A sentence that can stand on its own as a sentence.

• Has a subordinating conjunction.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B