College Composition / Unit 3 CMP 0061 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Intentional Fragments
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The idea
Writers sometimes use a fragment on purpose, to force quick reading or to stress a single image.
In practice
Intentional fragments are most common in creative writing and advertising, as in "The rabbit darted out. A flash of movement."
Where people slip
In academic writing, a deliberate fragment must be unmistakably deliberate; most readers will take it as an error.
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