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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: 11.1: Punctuation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Explanations and examples that demonstrate how to identify and correctly use commas with coordinating conjunctions, subordinating conjunctions, and introductory...
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Independent and Dependent Clauses

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This online writing lab offers definitions of the two main types of clauses as well as related concepts. It provides examples and offers instructions for avoiding common mistakes with clauses. L.9-10.1b Phrases/Clauses
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Commas After Introductions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson from Purdue's Online Writing Lab provides a definition of phrase and instructions on how to punctuate different types of introductory phrases. There is also a link to an exercise on this topic.
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Punctuation: Conquering the Comma: Power Point

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A PowerPoint presentation introducing common rules of comma usage as well as how commas are used in phrases and clauses.
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Commas With Non Essential Elements

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This tutorial focuses on the use of commas in nonessential elements whether they are words, phrases, or clauses. Links to practice exercises are provided.
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Towson University

Towson University: Online Writing Support: Exercises

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page offers a list of links to exercises/quizzes on the following topics: Parts of Speech/Grammar; Prepositional and Verbal Phrases; Adjectival, Adverbial, Nominal Phrases, and Clauses; Punctuation, Sentence Structure, Usage,...
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: The Semicolon

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
What is a semicolon and how do you use it in your writing? Check out this tutorial to learn more about this punctuation mark in English sentence structure.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Comma Sense

For Students 9th - 10th
Notes, a PowerPoint presentation, and a video introducing commas, their purpose, and common usage mistakes. Comma rules and examples concerning coordinating clauses, items in a list, introductory elements, and nouns of direct address are...
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The Tongue Untied

University of Oregon the Tongue Untied: Semicolon

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Discover more about semicolon usage when you visit this informative resource. Students and teachers will benefit from the examples listed for semicolon use.
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A treasure of grammar and writing information. Index links broken down to sentence level, paragraph level, and essay level. Site also contains PDF samples of business writing and research papers, PowerPoint presentations, interactive...
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Exercise: Commas With Nonessential Elements Exercise 2

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This Purdue University OWL (Online Writing Lab) provides practice with identifying essential and nonessential phrases and clauses. Students will complete the sentences and provide commas where necessary.
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Run on Sentences

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
This site shows how to repair run-on sentences. Students and teachers will find this interactive resource helpful.
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Other

Using English: Glossary of English Grammar Terms

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive A-Z index of grammar terms with explanations and examples. Each entry provides links to activities and other resources available on the site for more practice on that aspect of grammar. Suggested activities are often...
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Exercise : Commas After Introductions Exercise 3

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This resource provides practice with writing and punctuating sentences with introductory elements.
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Lumen Learning

Lumen: Grammar: Sentence Structure

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on sentence structure including the parts of a sentence, types of sentences, sentence patterns, run-on sentences, fragments, phrases and clauses, and much more. It also includes a video, practices, and a self-check.
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Robin L. Simmons

Grammar Bytes: The Interrupter

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Printable information is provided that demonstrates how to identify an interrupter in the context of a sentence.
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University of North Carolina

University of North Carolina: Writing Center: Fragments and Run Ons

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
What are sentence fragments and run-on sentences? Explore this informative resource to review the meaning and some examples of these. Provides techniques for avoiding fragments and run-ons in writing assignments.
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University of North Carolina

Univ. Of North Carolina: Seeing and Correcting Sentence Fragments and Run Ons

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
What is a sentence fragment and a run-on sentence? Explore this informative resource to review the meaning and some examples of these. Students and teachers can utilize this informative site to improve their writing skills.
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Towson University

Towson University: Online Writing Support: Comma

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
This entry focuses on the rules for comma use including listing the uses, explaining the rules, and providing detailed examples.
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Other

Saint Michael's College: Semicolon and Colon

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site discusses the three major uses of the semicolon and provides examples for each of the uses. Also discusses the use of the colon.
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University of Victoria (Canada)

University of Victoria: Grammar Topics

For Students 9th - 10th
A large collection of concise explanations of various aspects of English grammar and usage. All topics include exercises that can be done, checked, and corrected online. Solid resource for English language learners at the intermediate...
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University of Victoria (Canada)

The U Vic Writer's Guide: Knowing the Basics of Grammar

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This grammar tutorial for college students features help on verb agreement, the use of semicolons, sentence structure, and more.