Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Introduction to Colons
Learn how to identify and use the colon in a sentence!
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Recognizing Run Ons and Comma Splices
Run-on sentences and comma splices happen when a writer isn't careful with commas. Let's see how you do!
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Using Semicolons and Commas
Identify when to use semicolons and commas in complex sentences.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Using Colons and Semicolons
Identify whether to use colons or semicolons in sentences!
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Parallel Structure
Parallel structure is a stylistic choice to make verbs in a sentence maintain a pattern.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Within Sentence Punctuation Quick Guide
This reference site provides within-sentence punctuation. This site accompanies the Praxis Core Reading Test.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Romeo and Juliet: Sentence Structure
We will analyze the structure of a sentence from "After 450 Years, We Still Don't Know the True Value of Shakespeare" to determine how understanding the sentence deepens our understanding of the text.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: The Joy Luck Club: Style and Tone
Analyze and annotate a model essay focusing on style and tone.
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: A Lesson Before Dying: Sentence Structure
Analyze the structure of a sentence from chapter four of A Lesson Before Dying to determine how understanding the sentence deepens our understanding of Grant's internal conflict.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Diagramming Sentences
A complete guide from the Capital Community College to diagramming grammar sentences.
Joe Landsberger
Study Guides & Strategies: Writing Persuasive Essays
This site focuses on the student learning how to write strong persuasive essays. Strategies are provided to help the student complete a persuasive writing assignment.
English Plus+
English Plus: Grammar Slammar!
An easy-to-use grammar resource containing rules for style, usage, capitalization, abbreviations, punctuation, and letter writing. This site also includes a glossary of common grammatical mistakes.
English Plus+
English Plus: Colons With Formal Appositives
The use of the colon with formal appositives is explained, with examples.
SUNY Empire State College
Empire State College: Exercise 4: Colons Quizzes & Tutorial
This resource quizzes on punctuation. Type in the correct punctuation. Then click on "submit answers" to see how you did.
Ted Nellen
Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Setting
This is a glossary entry for the term "Setting," the time and place a story takes place.
Ted Nellen
Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Syntax
This is a glossary entry for the term "Syntax" including definitions and background for the term.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Commas: Exercise #4
Students' proofread sentences and decide the correct placement of commas. Answers are provided for students' to review.
TESL Journal
Activities for Esl Students: Conjunctions 1
This site from The Internet TESL Journal is developed for students for whom English is a Second Language (ESL). This is a fairly basic test site that asks for the missing conjunction from a complete sentence.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Interactive Grammar Exercises
Fun grammar exercises with amusing art and sound clips attached to answers. Answers explained clearly and in an amusing manner.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Rules for Fixing Comma Splices
This site targets comma splices and fused sentences. It provides information on how to fix them using conjunctions (both coordinating and subordinating) and puntuation.
TESL Journal
Activities for Esl Students: Punctuation Quiz
This site from The Internet TESL Journal provides a multiple-choice quiz questions are designed to test your knowledge of the usage of the various forms of punctuation. Click on the "Answer" to see which is the correct choice.
ACT360 Media
Writing Den: Punctuation
A brief description of the rules, usage, and examples of the each type of punctuation used when building a sentence.
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Pronoun Exercises
These interactive grammar exercises cover sentence structure, punctuation, irregular verbs, parallel structure, misplaced and dangling modifiers, pronouns, agreement and word choice. Includes printable PDF worksheets (Adobe Reader is...
Robin L. Simmons
Grammar Bytes: Pronoun Case: Exercise 1
This site offers links to a interactive grammar exercises and printable handouts on the following topics: sentences, punctuation, irregular verbs, parallel structure, misplaced and dangling modifiers, pronouns, agreement, and word...