Question

The following passage contains a fragment. Select the correct revision. Presley took the exuberance of gospel and added the frequently rapid beat of rock and roll. Which made possible the wild gyrations that established him as an international celebrity.

a. presley took the exuberance of gospel and added the frequently rapid beat of rock and​ roll, which made possible the wild gyrations that established him as an international celebrity.

b. presley took the exuberance of gospel. and added the frequently rapid beat of rock and​ roll, which made possible the wild gyrations. establishing him as an international celebrity.

c. presley took the exuberance of gospel. and added the frequently rapid beat of rock and roll. which made possible the wild gyrations that established him as an international celebrity.

d. presley took the exuberance of gospel and added the frequently rapid beat of rock and roll. which made possible the wild gyrations. that established him as an international celebrity.

Answer 1

A

Step-by-step explanation:

Option A was the only option that did not have a sentence fragment. All the other choices were fragments because they interrupted the flow of the sentence. A sentence fragment means that if you started reading where the period is, you would understand everything about the sentence and it would be clear. You cannot have an incomplete sentence that does not have background information. An example would be: And that is how you install it. This leaves information unanswered, such as what the subject of the sentence is, or in other words, what you were installing. Another indicator that this was a sentence fragment was that the sentence began with the word "And." Sentence fragments very commonly start with the word and, because that word shows that it is a continuation of a topic.