...Exercise 31.6 1. Simple 2. Simple 3. Compound 4. Complex 5. Compound Exercise 31.7 Circle the simple subjects and verbs in the following passages. Place one line under each independent and two lines under each dependent clause. Many argue that the blues and jazz are the first truly American musical forms. With its origins in slave narratives, the blues took root during the 1920s and 1930s as African-American composers, musicians, and singers performed in the cabarets and clubs of Harlem. Jazz, however, has its origins in New Orleans. Today, we can still appreciate the music of Bessie Smith, Duke Ellington, and B. B. King. Rock and roll is also a distinctively American form of music. Our country’s first “rock star” was without a doubt Elvis Presley, who emerged on the nation’s airwaves in the mid-1950s with such hits as Heartbreak Hotel, Don’t Be Cruel, and All Shook Up. A decade later, Americans were expressing themselves musically through rhythm and blues pop, folk rock, and protest music. Today, thanks to recording technology, we have easy access to our country’s rich musical history. Exercise 32.1 & 32.4 Underline the fragments in the following passage, and identify each as either a phrase (without a subject or verb) or a dependent clause. Pool hustlers deceive their opponents in many ways. Sometimes appearing unfamiliar with the rules of the game, (Dependent Clause) they may try acting as if they are drunk or pretend to be inept. (Dependent clause)...
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...late 1990s, Americans began making lists reflecting their choices of the greatest Events, Literature, People, and Films of the century. – In the late 1990s, Americans began making lists reflecting their choices of the greatest events, literature, people, and films of the century. 3. – Most Americans would agree that the two World Wars shaped the twentieth century and this country’s role in it. – Most Americans would agree that the two world wars shaped the twentieth century and this country’s role in it. COM 120 Week 1 Comma Splices and Fused Sentences 562 1. Most people are familiar with chain letters, this type of correspondence requires a person to copy a letter and send it on to five or more friends. – run-on sentence – comma splice – correct 2. Chain letters, which have existed for years, usually promise good luck or money for people who continue the chain and bad luck for those who break it. – run-on sentence – comma splice – correct 3. Today, electronic...
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...Date: February 12, 2015 List three to five grammatical areas to focus on based on your grammar Assessment, quiz results: 1. Run on sentences a. http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/runons.htm 2. Comma Usage a. https://awc.ashford.edu/grammar-punctuation-commas.html 3. Mechanical Errors a. https://awc.ashford.edu/grammar-punctuation-quotation-marks.html 4. Comma Splices a. https://awc.ashford.edu/grammar-errors-run-ons-and-comma-splices.html 5. Subject and Verb Agreement a. https://awc.ashford.edu/grammar-errors-subject-verb-agreement-tips.html Reflect on the tone of your writing. Do you appear cold, warm, or friendly in all of the right places? I felt as if I came off warm and friendly in my essay. Does your tone work for your audience and purpose? Yes it does. (Chapter 9.3) See this website for further help. Look for connotations. Are they accurate? Are they overly emotional? Are they no connotations in my essay? There were no connotations that I came across. Look for trigger words that may suggest racism, sexism or offensive language, and correct. See this website for further explanation. I didn’t find any trigger words in my essay. Look for words that can be simplified. Yes there were words in my essay that could be simplified and I change them. Look for words that can be made more specific. I didn’t find and words that could be more specific. Look for verbs that could be more action specific. I did find some of the words and they were changed...
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...Comma Splices and Fused Sentences (Handbook, Ch 36-37) Comma splice – when two independent clauses (or complete sentences) are joined only by a comma. Fused or run-on sentence – when two independent clauses (or complete sentences) have no punctuation. Dependent clause or fragment – contains a subject and verb but does not complete a thought. Dependent clause marker words include although, when, as if, because, before, even if, even though, if, in order to, since, though, unless, until, when, whenever, whether, while Identify the comma splices, run-on sentences, and/or sentence fragments. 1. He enjoyed his history class, it was the best class of his semester. 2. Her father bought her a new car for Christmas. 3. Even though he never believed it was his fault. 4. Jim tried fishing with spinner bait he finally managed a nibble or two. 5. Although he always claimed to be an environmentally friendly person. 6. While you may wonder about its usefulness, you will be glad you took typing. 7. The phone rang at least ten times my dad didn’t even pay any attention to it. 8. You should definitely listen to the Tragically Hip, they are a great band. 2 9. Unless you can make the commitment, don’t bother picking up a guitar. 10. My uncle told me not to play baseball he played all the time when he was young. 11. Alcoholism is considered a disease, but many people think it’s just weak willpower. 12. Because he told us we would...
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...I am going to tell you why I should pass this English 3000.01 class for that I have learned a lot in writing essays. I have learned to use subordination and coordinating conjunctions in my essays when I never thought of using them before and I have become more proficient in preventing fragment and run-ons sentences and I have learned to write a great complete argumentative essay. I have learned to use subordination and coordinating conjunctions in my essays when I never thought of using them before. I have learned to use subordinating conjunctions that introduces a dependent clause by joining it to a main clause. Words like because, when, if and more that help build a sentence better. I even learned that coordinating conjunctions are joining two similarly constructed words or phrases within a sentence. Words like for, or, yet, and more that help in a sentence. I have uses both coordinating and subordination conjunctions in my papers. One sentence that I used a subordinating conjunction “People need to understand that there are people out in our world who do not care about their privacy, when they post everything online” (Gallego) and I used a coordinating conjunction in this paragraph “Think about the idea that everyone achieved a college degree, for all people would be equal in...
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...and consists of one or more words. Example: -My wife, the love of my life, is also my best friend. -My idea, to recycle the paper, was accepted by the boss. -Participial Phrases: A participial phrase begins with a past or present participle. Example: -I am really excited, considering all the people that will be there. -We are looking forward to the movie, having seen the trailer last week. -Prepositional Phrases: A prepositional phrase begins with a preposition and can act as a noun, an adjective or an adverb. Example: -The book was on the table. -She was lost in the dark of night. -Absolute Phrases An absolute phrase has a subject, but not an acting verb, so it cannot stand alone as a complete sentence. It modifies the whole sentence, not just a noun. Example: -Their heads hanging down, the whole group apologized. -The entire team, their uniforms muddy and stained, shouted for joy. II. Clause A clause is a group of related words...
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...Welcome to WritePoint, the automated review system that recognizes errors most commonly made by university students in academic essays. The system embeds comments into your paper and suggests possible changes in grammar and style. Please evaluate each comment carefully to ensure that the suggested change is appropriate for your paper, but remember that your instructor's preferences for style and format prevail. You will also need to review your own citations and references since WritePoint capability in this area is limited. NOTE: WritePoint comments are computer-generated writing and grammar suggestions inviting the consideration and analysis of the writer; they are not infallible statements of right/wrong, and they should not be used as grading elements. Also, at present, WritePoint cannot detect quotations or block-quotes, so comments in those areas should be ignored. Please see the other helpful writing resources in the Tutorials and Guides section of the Center for Writing Excellence. Thank you for using WritePoint. How Has September 11, 2001 Changed Muslims Lives? [Writing suggestion: Unless in a quote or a title, avoid rhetorical questions in academic writing. A good idea is to provide answers, not questions] tl classy ENG/215 July 15, 2013 januce colten ...
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... |F | |Total= 85 | |Point Spread |Point Spread |Point Spread |Point Spread |Point Spread | |Grammar, punctuation, |10% |Student has 0-2 mechanical errors and no spelling|Student has 2-4 mechanical and/or|Student has 4-6 mechanical and/or |Student has 6-8 mechanical and/or |Same as D | |spelling, mechanics | |errors. No run-on sentences or fragments. |spelling errors |spelling errors, such as a run-on |spelling errors. Appears to lack |0-5 | | | |Student does not write in the second person. |8 |or fragment |proofreading. Run on sentences and| | |= 10% | |9 | |7 |fragments | | | | | | | |6 | | |Citations/MLA |10% |Proper MLA usage and citations, extent...
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...What were the suggested next steps in your MyFoundationsLab ® Learning Path? The next steps that were suggested for me to work on from the MyFoundationsLab ® were sentence structure which consists of fragments, run-ons, commas, and final punctuations. The steps that were mastered were the Craft of writing step. I at first did not understand all of the steps and what they consist of; I later begin to understand them. How do the skills apply to your academic life? Academically the steps are going to be very valuable because in order to write a correct paper in college I must first master these steps. By me not knowing how to identify fragments can put a huge dent in my grades on essays and other assignments. Punctuation is an important part of just writing in general. Punctuation to me expresses the tone of a sentence and or essay. I don’t want to have run on sentences. I would like to be able to identify run on sentences. How do the skills apply to your professional life? As a professional person people are going to rely on you to write and or present presentations. If you have run on sentences, fragments, and you aren’t using puncation correctly they are going to start to wonder what type of person they have working for them . It is important to be very professional in a professional environment. You not only have to look at certain way you also have to speak a certain ways and write a certain way. Were you surprised by the result? Why or why not? I actually was not surprised...
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...Sentences: Types, and Common Mistakes Sentences are classified as simple, compound, complex, and compound-complex. This designation is based on the clauses used to create the sentence. Clauses: Every clause must have a subject and a verb. There are two types of clauses: independent and dependent (subordinate). An independent clause contains a subject, a verb, and expresses a complete thought. It is able to stand independently. Example: The class is hard. A dependent (subordinate) clause contains a subject and a verb but does not express a complete thought, and, therefore, cannot be left alone. If a subordinate clause is left alone, a fragment will result. These clauses depend on independent clauses to express a complete thought. Example: If the class is hard, Sentence Types: A simple sentence is one independent clause with no subordinate clauses. Example: The statue is in the garden. A compound sentence has two or more independent clauses and no subordinate clauses. The two clauses are joined by either a coordinating conjunction or a semicolon. Coordinating Conjunctions (for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so) can be easily recalled by learning the acronym FANBOYS. Example: I finished reading the book, and I returned it to the library. The girls went to the store; they bought new shoes. A complex sentence consists of one independent clause with one subordinate clause. Example: When the teacher spoke, the students were silent. A compound-complex sentence has at least two independent...
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...bad knee injury just a little bit. So I had to go to physical therapy to help strengthen my knee back to its full health. I also had to work mighty hard on my events which were 1600 meter run and the 800 meter run. The way I practice for these events was by running two laps in the beginning of practice very slowly to maintain things with my knee. Than I did my excises to losing up my body. Next I ran the bleachers to strengthen my leg muscles. Finally I ran my 1600 meter run, took me a two minute break. Then I stated my 800 meter run and I did this frequently until the big day came. As well as going to my physical therapy to make things go smooth before for my big day. When the big day came my teammates and me where a little bit nerves that day to, but we pulled it together. We went out there and did what we had to do to get the win. When it was time for me to run my team was a little cheerful for me as I ran my races that day. Eventually everything that I did helped, we got the win and it paid off in the end. At least two sentences explaining why your topic sentence is appropriate * My topic sentence is appropriate because I am the assignment ask what is your greatest success. Another reason it is appropriate is that is normally how I would start off my topic sentence. At least two sentences explaining the purpose of your paragraph and how that affected your writing style * The reason for this paragraph is to inform you...
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...Error #1: Run-on Sentence or Comma Splice A run-on sentence is a sentence that joins two independent clauses without punctuation or the appropriate conjunction. A comma splice is similar to a run-on sentence, but it uses a comma to join two clauses that have no appropriate conjunction. Fixing a run-on sentence or a comma splice can be accomplished in one of five different ways: * Separate the clauses into two sentences. * Replace the comma with a semi-colon. * Replace the comma with a coordinating conjunction--and, but, for, yet, nor, so. * Replace the comma with a subordinating conjunction--after, although, before, unless, as, because, even though, if, since, until, when, while. * Replace the comma with a semi-colon and transitional word--however, moreover, on the other hand, nevertheless, instead, also, therefore, consequently, otherwise, as a result. Error #2: Pronoun Errors Pronoun errors occur when pronouns do not agree in number with the nouns to which they refer. If the noun is singular, the pronoun must be singular. If the noun is plural, however, the pronoun must be plural as well. For example: * Incorrect: Everybody must bring their own lunch. * Correct: Everybody must bring his or her own lunch. Many people believe that pronoun errors are the result of writers who are trying to avoid the implication of sexist language. Although this is an admirable goal, correct grammar is still important. Error #3: Mistakes in Apostrophe Usage Apostrophes...
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...Fragments, Run-ons and Comma Splices Getting Rid of Fragments There are two kinds of clauses – independent and dependent. A dependent clause has a subject and verb just like an independent clause, but it can’t stand alone because it begins with a dependent word such as after that, so that although, though unless as, as if until because what, whatever before when, whenever even though where, wherever how whether if, even if which, whichever in order that while since who, whom than whose Whenever a clause begins with one of the above dependent words, it is dependent. If we take an independent clause such as We finished the game. and put one of the dependent words in front of it, it becomes dependent: After we finished the game Although we finished the game As we finished the game Before we finished the game If we finished the game Since we finished the game That we finished the game When we finished the game While we finished the game The clause can no longer stand alone. It does not make a complete statement. It leaves the reader expecting something more. It is a fragment and must not be punctuated as a sentence. Any group of words that does not have a subject and a verb is also a fragment. Paid no attention to his parents (no subject) Joe thinking of all his problems (no adequate verb) Speeding along the highway (no subject and no adequate verb) The announcement...
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...Let’s Get Better in Reading Learner‟s Materials 3 This instructional material was collaboratively developed and reviewed by educators from public and private schools, colleges, and or/universities. We encourage teachers and other education stakeholders to email their feedback, comments, and recommendations to the Department of Education at action@deped.gov.ph. We value your feedback and recommendations. Department of Education Republic of the Philippines i Let’s Get Better in Reading – Grade 3 Learner’s Materials First Edition, 2014 ISBN: Republic Act 8293, section 176 states that: No copyright shall subsist in any work of Government of the Philippines. However, prior approval of the government agency or office wherein the work is created shall be necessary for exploitation of such work for profit. Such agency or office may, among other things, impose as a condition the payment of royalties. Borrowed materials (i.e., songs, stories, poems, picture, photos, brand, names, trademarks, etc.) included in this book are owned by their respective copyright owners. The publisher and authors do not represent nor claim ownership over them. Publisher by the Department of Education Secretary: Br. Armin A. Luistro FSC Undersecretary: Dina S. Ocampo, Ph.D. Development Team of the Learner’s Material Reviewers: Nemah N. Hermosa, Roderick M. Aguirre, Merry Ruth Gutierrez, Felicidad Pado, Ma. Lourdes Tayao Mil Flores Ponciano, Esperanza Diaz- Cruz, Ana Lou Caspi, Criselda DG Ocang...
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...an example of one of the comma errors I have made on essays. Common splices occur when you use commas when they are not needed. To correct the example above; I would rewrite the sentence to read as follows: A pregnancy at a young age could rob you of your youth, “A baby with a baby” comes to mind. Using the words “there and their” in the incorrect form is another error I continuously made. The essays I have written thus far I have used these word incorrectly twelve times. To correct these errors, I should first know what each word means. There, is at or in a place. There is also used in clauses which the real subject follows the verb for example; Burning calories isn’t easy but there are soothing exercises available. The definition for “their” is belonging to, made by or done by them. The boys went with their father is an example of their used correctly. Other errors I have made during essay writing are fragments and run ons. A fragment is an incomplete part. Michael Jackson began performing at age thirteen is an example of a fragment. To correct this example I need a subject and verb; therefore, Michael Jackson began performing with the Jackson Five at age thirteen is a complete sentence. Run on sentences occur when you do not properly punctuate sentences. An example of a run sentence is: Although all venereal diseases are unsafe the newest member AIDS is extremely dangerous and deadly there is...
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