This site provides information on the correct usage of quotation marks, along with examples for each rule discussed.

Photograph of an alpaca (in the front) and its relative, a vicugna (in the back). Note the longer neck and shorter hair on the vicugna.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational about days being longer in the summer and shorter in the winter. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] For this learning module, students are asked to compare the lengths of everyday objects to one yard and state whether they are longer or shorter. Includes video...

This resource discusses four uses of the colon: to signal a list, to signal and emphasize a comment or explanation that follows, to show that a longer quotation is coming, and after a greeting in a business letter. L.9-10.2b Colons

[Free Registration/Login Required] In this flipchart students will learn to distinguish between longer, shorter and taller, shorter and use the ruler tool to determine how long lines are.

Practice comparing 2 objects to see which is bigger, smaller, taller, shorter, or longer. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.

This is a glossary entry for the term Circumlocution meaning "a roundabout or indirect manner of writing or speaking."