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TOPIC: Run-on Sentences NAME: Olivia Fanelli Date:10/29/10 Period: 6 QUESTIONS: · What is a clause? · What is another name for a run-on sentence? · How can you tell when it’s a run on-sentence?

NOTES: · A run-on sentence sometimes called a “fused sentence” has two parts, either in which one can stand by itself but the two sentences were put together. · The length of the sentence has nothing to do with it being a run-on or not, it is a structural thing. · A run-on sentence happens under usually with these circumstances:  · **When two independent clauses are connected by a transitional expression (conjunctive adverb) such as //however, moreover, nevertheless.//** · **When the second of two independent clauses contains a pronoun that connects it to the first independent clause.**

Ex1: This next chapter has a lot of difficult information in it, you should start studying right away.(We could put a period where that comma is and start a new sentence. A semicolon might also work there.)

Ex2: Mr. Nguyen has sent his four children to ivy-league colleges, however, he has sacrificed his health working day and night in that dusty bakery. (Again, where that first comma appears, we could have used either a period — and started a new sentence — or a semicolon.) Ex3: This computer doesn't make sense to me, it came without a manual. (Although these two clauses are quite brief, and the ideas are closely related, this is a run-on sentence. We need a period where that comma now stands.)

SUMMARY by: Olivia Fanelli

Their There and They're || NAME:Katie Carlisle Date:10/29/10 Period:6 || Where does their come from? How does there spelled like? Is there a contraction of they and are?
 * TOPIC:
 * QUESTIONS: ||

-Their comes from the word they. -Their shows more than one.
 * NOTES: ||

Ex. Their dogs name is Fluffy.

-There is a possessive pronoun. -There is an adverb meaning the location -There is used with the verb to be -There is spelled like here -They're is a contraction of they and are. -They're is showing more than one person doing something.

Ex. They're drawing a picture.

SUMMARY by: Katie Carlisle

Topic: Parallel structure Notes > (Leonardo da Vinci) this was written by Leonardo Da Vinci. "When you write a sentence with a series of clauses, make sure that they start and end the same way. If you don't, you destroy the rhythm you've tried to establish. More important, if you use **parallel structures** your readers will have a more enjoyable time absorbing and understanding your facts, ideas, and concepts." this quote was written by a journalist named Robert M. Knight and this journalist was good at writing in parallel structure. What is parallel structure? What are some examples of parallel structure? What do you call such items when you fail to express them? SUMMARY by: Gabriel James
 * 1) Parallel structure means that two or more words, phrases, or clauses that are similar length and grammatical form, also known as parallelism.
 * 2) By convention, items in a series appear in parallel grammatical form, also a noun is also listed with another noun.
 * 3) Failure to express such items in similar grammatical is called faulty parallelism.
 * 4) "It is by logic we prove, but by intuition we discover."
 * 1) Adjectives should parallel by adjectives, nouns by nouns, dependant clauses by dependant clauses, ect.



FINAL SUMMARY: A run-on sentence, also known as a fused sentence, he’s two parts. The length of the sentence has nothing to do with it being a run-on or not. You can usually tell it’s a run-on sentence when a independent clause gives an order based on what was said prior, when two independent clauses are connected by transitional expression, or when the second of two independent clauses contains a pronoun that connects it to the first independent clause