Learn It: Concept Check Quiz 3-3

Introduction: Take this quiz to get a quick check on your understanding of chapter concepts.

Which of these examples is a sentence fragment?

• The position was offered to another candidate.
• Although the candidate interviewed well.
• She interviewed, although she had accepted another position.

When composing a message, getting your thoughts down quickly and refining them in later versions is a technique known as  .

Two independent clauses joined by only a comma constitute an error known as a _______.

• comma splice
• sentence fragment
• run-on sentence