Sentence Superhero Part 1: Fragments and Run-Ons

All right. I see you made it to my secret hide out. Im Sentence Superhero. I fight off fragments and run-ons so that students can write proper sentences. Im so busy these days that you all are here to become Sentence Superheroes In-Training. Are you ready for your first lesson?

To be a good Sentence Superhero, you will need to be able to recognize fragments. A fragment is an incomplete sentence—a sentence that doesnt have any independent clause in it. So, its part of a sentence, a fragment of a sentence, but not a complete sentence.

The opposite of a fragment is a run-on. Those can be tricky to spot. A run-on sentence is one where the clauses either independent clauses or dependent clauses have been joined incorrectly. This is often a punctuation problem or a lack of conjunctions and transitions. You recognize a run-on sentence because it seems like one sentence runs on into the other sentence. Think of two cars running into each other and they get stuck together. Sometimes sentences get into accidents and get stuck together when they shouldnt.

Did you know that we use punctuation in English to represent pauses and breaks? Without the proper punctuation and conjunctions, it is very difficult to read a sentence or a paragraph. The sentences get stuck together and its hard to tell where one ends and another one begins.

So, youve learned about fragments and run-ons in this part of your training to become Sentence Superheroes. Our next lesson will be about the four structures of sentences. Hurry though, I really need your help.

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