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.

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TEKS.ELA.5.11D.I

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.I

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.I

TEKS.ELA.8.10D.I

TEKS.ELA.E1.9D.I

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.

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TEKS.ELA.5.11D.X

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.8.10D.VI

TEKS.ELA.E2.9D.V

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.

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TEKS.ELA.5.11D.I

TEKS.ELA.6.10D.I

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.I

TEKS.ELA.8.10D.I

TEKS.ELA.E2.9D.I

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

• adding a semicolon

• conjunctive adverb or transition

• comma

• subordinating conjunction

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TEKS.ELA.6.10D.I

TEKS.ELA.7.10D.I

TEKS.ELA.8.10D.I

TEKS.ELA.E1.9D.I

TEKS.ELA.E2.9D.I

An adjective clause tells:

• When or where

• That

• Who

• Which one or what kind

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.

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TEKS.ELA.8.10D.VI

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,

How is your holiday so far?

• Great!

• Boring!

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

• Its OK.

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.

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TEKS.ELA.7.10D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.E1.9.C

TEKS.ELA.E1.9.D.V

TEKS.ELA.E2.9.C

TEKS.ELA.E2.9.D.V

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.

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TEKS.ELA.7.10D.VIII

TEKS.ELA.E1.9.C

TEKS.ELA.E1.9.D.V

TEKS.ELA.E2.9.C

TEKS.ELA.E2.9.D.V