1. Bonus points if you can identify the structure type!!!!
Sentence or Fragment?
Bonus points if you can identify the structure type!!!!

2. 1.
Because I love you and I want you to do well on your SOL.
This is a fragment. Why?

3. 2.
Because I love you, I want you to do well on your SOL.
This is a complex sentence. The formula is DC + IC.
Can we flip it? IC + DC?

4. 3.
YES!!!
I want you to do well on your SOL because I love you.
Notice that when the DC comes last, we usually do not need a comma.

5. 4.
Although my head hurts pretty badly right now.
This is a fragment. Why?

6. 5.
Although my head hurts pretty badly right now, I can’t take any more Aleve because I would exceed the limit, and it might hurt my stomach.
Compound/Complex sentence (DC + IC + DC + IC)

7. 6.
When I go to Walmart and the parking lot is really dirty.
This is a fragment. Why?

8. 7.
The word and in the previous fragment is what makes it a fragment.
There are several ways to fix it.

9. 8.
One way is to remove the and. It then becomes a complex sentence. DC + IC
When I go to Walmart, the parking lot is really dirty.

10. 9.
Another way is to add an IC to the existing DC:
When I go to Walmart and the parking lot is really dirty, I have to watch where I step.

11. 10.
Since you have paid attention and worked hard on your assignments.
This is a fragment. Why?

12. 11.
Since you have paid attention and worked hard on your assignments, I will bake cookies, and I’ll do it from scratch.
This is compound/complex. (DC + IC + IC)
Can we flip it?

13. 12.
I will bake cookies, and I’ll do it from scratch, since you have paid attention and worked hard on your assignments.
IC + IC + DC