Instructions: the Following Sentences Form a Passage

question 940

Multiple Choice

Instructions: The following sentences form a passage. For each one, select correct if the sentence is punctuated correctly, fragment if it is a fragment, run-on if it is a run-on, and comma splice if it is a comma splice. Then a television program on PBS changed his life the seventh grader watched in amazement as students in a well-equipped machine shop built their own robots.

• A) correct
• B) fragment
• C) run-on
• D) comma splice

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Definitions:

Émile Durkheim

A French sociologist, one of the founding figures in the field of sociology known for his studies on social structure and integration.

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Benefit Society

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Cyclothymic Disorder

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