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English Brushup, 3e Book Cover
English Brushup, 3/e
John Langan
Janet Goldstein
Fragments

Writing On/Off

These writing prompts are followed by text boxes for your input. If you are working online and your instructor has given you the go-ahead, you can e-mail your work to him or her and also to yourself by copying your answers (CTRL-C on most systems) and pasting them (CTRL-V) into an email or text document.





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Activity 1:

Directions: Read this music review. You can also listen to some of the music here. The author here employs fragments. To what purpose? Do you consider this approach successful? Would it be appropriate for most college essays?

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Activity 2:

Directions: For additional help with identifying and avoiding fragments, visit The Purdue University Writing Lab. Take notes on what you learn during your visit.









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