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Interact in Meaningful Ways:
Identify Syntax—Sentences and Fragments
Learning Targets
• Evaluate and explain in conversation and writing how effectively the author uses syntax. PI.8.7
• Express and justify opinions in conversation and writing by providing text evidence and using nuanced modal expressions and phrases. PI.8.11a–b
• Use language resources, including conjunctions, to make texts more cohesive. PII.8.2a–b
ACTIVITY 3.6
Language Resources sentences and Fragments
complete sentence
Fragment
He would never feel the breeze again or the warmth of the sun.
Or the warmth of the sun.
The pizza was cold, but I ate it anyway.
But I ate it anyway.
He will take the bus, or he will walk to school.
Or he will walk to school.
syntax—sentences and Fragments
A sentence fragment is an incomplete sentence that lacks a subject or a predicate, and is normally incorrect. We normally avoid sentence fragments when writing, but they can be effective when giving a speech. Sentence fragments can have a powerful effect on a listening audience. Cesar Chavez successfully uses many fragments in his speech. Skim through the speech looking for fragments and evaluate their effect. Write three examples of fragments in the chart. Then make the fragments into complete sentences. Evaluate how rewriting the fragments changes the effect of the words within the speech.
WoRd ConneCTIonS
Roots and Affixes
syntax is the arrangement of words and phrases
to create well-formed sentences. Syntax comes from the Greek syn meaning “together,” and taxis, meaning “an ordering.”
Fragment from the speech
Fragment Rewritten as complete sentence
evaluation of How the Rewrite changes the effect
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Language
Resources
conjunctions
A conjunction is a word or phrase that connects other words or groups of words. Conjunctions create cohesion. Conjunctions can begin sentences but in everyday writing, they are most often used within compound and complex sentences.
Common conjunctions: and, but, or Everyday writing example: We are training daily and getting stronger.
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