Deploy syntactic variety as a craft move — periodic, cumulative, fragment, sentence-length rhythm (CCSS L.7.1.b applied)
Exercise
Difficulty 2
~5 min
eng.g7.s.ex_23
Fragment Classification
Prompt
For each fragment, identify the purpose (emphasis / pace / voice / closure / mistake). (1) 'My great-grandmother. I would have liked to know her.' (2) 'And then nothing.' (3) 'Faster. Faster.' (4) 'Angelou's diction.' (alone, no surrounding context). (5) 'That was that.'
Answer criteria
type
classification
correct
- emphasis
- closure
- pace
- mistake
- closure
Hints
- A fragment is deliberate only if you can name WHY.
- Without surrounding context, most fragments are mistakes.
Misconceptions to watch
- Marks every fragment as deliberate.
- Confuses pace with emphasis.
Used in lessons