17 oct. 2012 “ substitute "damn" every time you're inclined to write...
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17 Oct. 2012
AGENDA-Bel lwork—Kinds of Sentences Handout
Defi ne kinds of Sentences-Identify common grammatical
problems.
Defi ne and iden t i fy d iff e ren t k inds o f sen tences .
Defi ne , i den t i fy , and co rrec t sen tence f ragments , r un - on sen tences , and comma sp l i ces .
I den t i fy techn iques to g i ve your sen tences power.
“Substitute "damn" every time you're inclined to write "very"; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.”—Mark Twain
Bellwork—Grammar Time
10/17/2012 Read through the Blue “Kinds of
Sentences and Their Punctuation” Handout
Identify Type of Sentence
1. I went to the grocery store and the library.
2. I went to the grocery store, and then I went to the library.
3. My husband, who was at home, called; he asked me to buy ice cream.
4. Sarah and Elizabeth loved this idea.5. I had two choices: chocolate chip or
vanilla.6. Because I didn’t want the ice cream to
melt, I skipped going to the library and drove straight home.
Sentence Errors—Sentence Fragment Sentence Fragment—Incomplete
sentence. Example:
At the end of the school year. I had to make a difficult choice about my future.
Fix—Wants to be a complex sentence: At the end of the school year, I had to make a
difficult choice about my future.
Sentence Errors—Comma Splice Comma Splice—Two independent clauses
joined by only a comma. Example:
There’s something different about this evening that wasn’t present in the others, it’s dead silent.
Fix—Wants to be a compound sentence; needs a linking word or different punctuation.
There’s something different about this evening that wasn’t present in the others; it’s dead silent.
There’s something different about this evening
that wasn’t present in the others: it’s dead silent.
There’s something different about this evening
that wasn’t present in the others—dead silence.
Sentence Errors—Run On Sentences Run-On Sentences—Two or more
sentences smushed together with no punctuation. Example:
I went to dance practice I had to do my homework and eat dinner and I went to bed.
Fix—Combine into one complex sentence After dance practice, I had to do my homework,
eat dinner, and go to bed. Fix—Separate out into two sentences with
punctuation. I went to dance practice. Then, I had to do my
homework, eat dinner and go to bed.