Sentence fragments are incomplete thoughts. They can be as short as two words, or contain partial constructions of clauses. Here are some examples of incomplete sentences:
The boy.
When making the stew.
While reading my book.
The television made a loud noise and my mom.
Whenever I write a sentence.
If I had just.
There were many reasons she.
The key to identifying fragments is to first highlight (or circle) each punctuation mark. Then, use a paper to cover up the next sentence. Read the first sentence up to the punctuation mark. See if it is a complete thought. Uncover the second sentence. See if it should have been part of sentence #1.
When making the stew. My aunt stirred in the vegetables.
Those two thoughts should be together. The two parts needed a comma between them.
When making the stew, my aunt stirred in the vegetables.
The bird.
Kazoo.
On the bench.
Over the hill.
This sentence.
Plays well with others.
Go.
You.
Basically, a sentence needs two parts, a subject, which would be the noun, such as "bird" or "you" or any other noun, and the predicate, which is the verb and any descriptive details, so either a subject or predicate by itself is an incomplete sentence, since if you say "the bird" your not saying what the bird is doing or pointing out anything specific about it, and if you just say "sat in a tree" your not saying what sat in the tree, so if you combine them and put "the bird sat in a tree" you now have a complete sentence since it gives the subject and what it is doing.
The soldier was recovering after an operation to remove a fragment of shrapnel from his chest.The archaeologist dated the fragment of pottery to the fourteenth centaury.
Fragment.
If the verb is the whole sentence, then it is not a sentence, but a sentence fragment. A sentence requires at least a subject and a verb. Examples of Sentence Fragments: Run. Hide. Watch.
A fragment sentence is a partial sentence. It does not have everything it needs to be a full sentence. For example: "The dog" is a fragment.
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A fragment is a sentence that isn't a complete sentence. Example: I have. *or* I Like. They both have subjects and verbs but no predicates.
A fragment is an incomplete sentence that cannot stand by itself. Rhetoric is the art of using language to persuade. Therefore, a rhetorical fragment is an incomplete sentence that is used for the purpose of persuading. Examples can be found on this website: http://greatsentences.blogspot.com/2007/06/rhetorical-fragment.html
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Do you work? is a complete sentence; it is not a sentence fragment.
"She wave." is fragment but "She waves" is a sentence.
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Make each fragment into a complete sentence.
"After the storm," is not a complete sentence so it is a fragment.
If the verb is the whole sentence, then it is not a sentence, but a sentence fragment. A sentence requires at least a subject and a verb. Examples of Sentence Fragments: Run. Hide. Watch.