1. Use much careful planning in a complex sentence.
To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.
2. Use did not know what would happen in a compound sentence.
To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.
3. Use called for quick thinking in a complex sentence.
To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.
4. Use were determined in a compound sentence.
To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.
5. Use overcome many obstacles in a complex sentence.
To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.
Step 2: Now, select one of the sentences you wrote in Step 1. Using that topic, write a paragraph of at least five sentences. In your paragraph, use the following methods of avoiding run-ons.
Use a comma and a coordinating conjunction.
Separate two independent clauses with a semicolon (;) or by inserting a period (.) and capitalizing the second independent clause.
Use a dependent word to make one of the clauses subordinate to the other.
To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.
Step 3: For each sentence below, select the choice that corrects the run-on. If the original sentence is correct, select "No change."
1. Martin Luther King became the minister of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church at the age of twenty-six he had little intention of becoming a civil rights leader. [Hint ]
2. He had just completed his doctorate in systematic theology at Boston University, he had met and married Coretta Scott there. [Hint ]
3. His preference at the time was to become a university professor he was also asked to become his father's assistant, his father was the minister at Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. [Hint ]
4. King quickly became known as an eloquent speaker, he was asked to be the president of the local chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). [Hint ]
5. He turned down the presidency. He felt overwhelmed beginning a career at the same time his wife was pregnant with their first child. [Hint ]
6. He did accept the presidency of the Montgomery Improvement Association this group was formed to lead the Montgomery bus boycott. [Hint ]
7. Two months into the boycott, King was receiving thirty to forty letters of hate mail a day, on January 30, 1956, a bomb destroyed the porch of his home. [Hint ]
8. Luckily, King's wife and child were not hurt he later acknowledged that he felt fear at this time. [Hint ]
9. It was during the bus boycott that King found the inner strength to fight on with his skill and eloquence, he became a leader of the civil rights movement. [Hint ]
10. King's courage sustained him through the years of the struggle for civil rights, although he never gave up his longing to lead a full, normal life. [Hint ]
Step 4: Now that you have practiced correcting run-on sentences, think of a time when you or someone you know about had to call on inner strength in order to accomplish something difficult. Then, write a paragraph of at least five sentences describing that experience. In your paragraph, use the following methods of avoiding run-ons.
Use a comma and a coordinating conjunction.
Separate two independent clauses with a semicolon (;) or by inserting a period (.) and capitalizing the second independent clause.
Use a dependent word to make one of the clauses subordinate to the other.
To create paragraphs in your essay response, type <p> at the beginning of the paragraph, and </p> at the end.
Answer choices in this exercise are randomized and will appear in a different order each time the page is loaded.