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Mona Lisa Fragments #2
Fragments #2: Combining Sentences to Fix Fragments
Practice 1: Connect sentences so there are no fragments.
The Olympic athlete stumbled and collapsed. Running to the finish line. He lost the race by a fraction of a second. But he had almost won. The runner lay motionless. On the track. The next race had to be delayed as the medics checked the runner’s vital signs. For example, heartbeat, respiration, and level of consciousness.
Practice 2: Mark "S" for sentence. Mark "F" for fragment.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.
ASSIGNMENT: Get rid of all fragments by adding words or combining the sentences. Take out all the numbers. Fix the punctuation and capitalization.
1. Almost every book on art includes a reproduction of the Mona Lisa. 2. One of the most famous paintings in the world. 3. The Mona Lisa was painted by Leonardo da Vinci. 4. Who worked on it for four years (1503-1506). 5. The painting was never quite finished. 6. After working for several hours. 7.Leonardo would sit down in front of the Mona Lisa to quiet his nerves. 8. Some people say that Leonardo did not finish the painting. 9. Because he wanted an excuse to keep it with him.
10. There is a mysterious smile on the face of the woman in the painting. 11. Which has intrigued people for centuries. 12. Although no one knows the true explanation of the smile. 13. Several different legends have grown up about it. 14. One story says that the woman was smiling sadly when she sat for the portrait. 15. Because her child had died. 16. Another story, however, goes on to say the Leonardo hired musicians to play during the sittings. 17. Flutists and violin players. 18. So that he could capture the young woman’s rapt expression.
19. When Leonardo left Italy and moved to France. 20. He took the painting with him. 21. The French king persuaded him to sell the painting. 22. Which now hangs in the Louvre. 23. An art museum in Paris.
24. The Mona Lisa had been exhibited in several countries. 25. So that many people can have a chance to see the woman with the mysterious smile.
"A" contract Work - Write a simple paragraph about school. Include these kinds of fragments in your paragraph: -ing frag, conjunction frag, preposition frag, and For Example/like frag.
Then, copy and paste the paragraph below the original one you wrote and fix the fragments. You will have two versions--an incorrect and a correct version when you are done.
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