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Unit Two: Identifying Main Idea Lesson Title: Sentence Fragments

ENC 0017C 9/7/18

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Identify sentence fragments. Correct sentence fragments.

Lesson: In this lesson, you will learn how to identify and correct sentence fragments. A fragment is a grammatical error that occurs when a sentence is missing either a subject or a predicate, making it incomplete. Sentences are made of clauses. These include independent clauses and dependent clauses. An independent clause contains a subject and a predicate (a verb plus any modifiers explaining what the subject does) and can stand on its own as a complete sentence. For example, consider the sentence, I love the sound of birds chirping. The subject is I. The predicate is the verb love, plus the modifiers the sound of birds chirping. Dependent clauses are unable to stand on their own as sentences because they are incomplete in some way. They are either missing a subject or a predicate, or sometimes both. For example, The sound of birds chirping, from the above sentence would be a fragment because it is missing the action of a subject, or I love. In this case, it is unclear what the writer is saying about the sound of birds chirping. You can often identify sentence fragments by reading them out loud. If you cannot find a subject, predicate, or both, the sentence is a fragment. You can correct it by including what is missing. Example:

Review the following sentences and determine if they are complete sentences or fragments. If they are fragments, identify what is missing then correct them to become complete sentences. 1. Forgot to buy milk and bread. Answer: Fragment. It is missing a subject. Sample correction: Jane forgot to buy milk and bread. 2. Not knowing what to do about the problem. Answer: Fragment. It is missing a subject and a predicate. Sample correction: Not knowing what to do about the problem, the nurse ran for help. 3. Was outside the restaurant

Unit Two: Identifying Main Idea Lesson Title: Sentence Fragments

ENC 0017C 9/7/18

Answer: Fragment. It is missing a subject. Sample correction: She was outside the restaurant. 4. I fainted when they told me that. Answer: Complete sentence 5. Running on empty. Answer: Fragment. It is missing a subject and a predicate. Sample correction: The officer's car could go no further because it was running on empty.

Metacognitive Question: 1. How would a friend understand an email from you if it were made of all sentence fragments where the subjects were missing? Answer: My friend would have a difficult time understanding who or what I was talking about.

2. How would a friend understand an email from you if it were made of all sentence fragments where the predicates were missing? Answer: My friend would not know what was happening to the people or things mentioned in the email....