Determine whether the sentences below are comma splices or fused sentences.

1. julie is a real hypochondriac when her stomach hurts, she is certain that she has a bleeding ulcer, and if she has a backache, she believes that she has cancer of the spine.

a. comma splice
b. fused sentence

2. my cat buster loves to nap on warm appliances when he sleeps on top of the television, his tail swipes the screen like a windshield wiper.

a. comma splice
b. fused sentence

3. during english class, anthony kept flirting with rashaunda because his behavior was keeping shenicka from understanding the lecture, shenicka whacked him over the head with her heavy dictionary.

a. comma splice
b. fused sentence

the answers are:

1. dolores driscoll - b. first person minor

dolores is a minor character who happens to be driving the bus at the time of the accident. she narrates picking up each of the children and her last memory is the children being thrown around the bus.

2. billy ansel - a. first person major

billy loses his twins in the accident. he tells his own story, how he witnessed the accident and how he tried to the rescuers. he is a major character, as he is at the center of the story.

3. mitchell stephens - c. first person observer

mitchell enters the story after the accident. he is a lawyer who learns about the accident based on other characters observations. though he tells the story from a first person perspective, he is just an observer.

as for matcthing the message or lesson posted with the person who said them:

1."obviously, you can't control everything, but you are obliged to take care of the few things you can. i'm an optimist basically who acts like a pessimist. on principle. just in case." - dolores driscoll

2. "i could no longer believe even in life. . for me now the only reality was death." - billy ansel

true

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