Intentional Sentence Fragments

So, rhetoric ninjas, you wanna play around with some sentence fragments? They can be some of the most powerful tools in a writer’s repertoire, but they have to be handled carefully. This video tutorial and accompanying exercises will get you off on the right foot!

Embedded Exercises (download and print out this handout to accompany the exercises on the video)

• Fragments Exercise

Referenced Mentor Texts (these complete texts are referenced in the video and provided here in case you want to read more)

• “Sis! Boom! Bah! Humbug!” by Rick Reilly (Sports Illustrated)
• “On Impact” by Stephen King (The New Yorker)
• The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
• “Six Months Later, Scarred but Very Alive” by Leslie Eaton (New York Times)