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Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: Italics and Underlining: Words, Letters, Numbers Gram. Rules

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An explanation and examples underlining/italicizing words, letters, and numbers when they refer to themselves.
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Stanford University

Stanford Presidential Lectures: Stephen Jay Gould

For Students 9th - 10th
Standford University provides interesting biographical and professional information on Stephen Jay Gould and his many contributions to scientific thought, including his efforts to help people see science "As something that is important...
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The Write Place

Literacy Education Online

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Literacy Education Online (or LEO) is a great place to start if you need help with your writing. The homepage is organized around kinds of problems or questions you might have concerning your writing. Find your problem, click on the...
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Other

Sta: Punctuation and Capitalization Rules

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use this handy guide for a quick reference to punctuation and capitalization rules. Includes rules for end marks, apostrophes, capitalization, commas, quotation marks, and many more!
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Penguin Publishing

Penguin Random House: An Educational Companion to Eats, Shoots & Leaves [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Eats, Shoots & Leaves illustrates the necessity of correct punctuation in order to convey intended meaning. Punctuation rules are stated here in a concise manner with accompanying exercises/keys.
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Rutgers University

Rutgers University: Guide to Grammar and Style: Titles

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site contains information regarding the correct use of italics in titles.
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Other

Sandhills Community College: Punctuation Guide

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Lists, defines and describes the uses of many elements of English punctuation, including the period, comma, semicolon, colon, apostrophe, quotation, hyphen, and dash. Includes several examples.
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Harvard University

Harvard Gazette: Paleontologist Gould Dies at 60

For Students 9th - 10th
Stephen Jay Gould, "The bulldog of evolutionary biology," is honored here by Harvard University, where he spend his teaching and writing career. Mention of articles, books, and awards, plus quotes from colleagues, offer an engaging view...
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University of Calgary

University of Calgary: Colon and Semicolon Exercise

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
The first part of this site provides information and examples for the correct usage of the colon and the semicolon. The second part is an exercise. Click on "semi-colon" of "colon" to correctly punctuate the sentence. Then click on...
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TES Global

Blendspace: Dazzle Me With Dialogue

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
An eleven-part learning module with links to websites and texts to use while learning how to write and punctuate dialogue.
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Other

Dash, Parentheses, Bracket, Ellipsis, and Slash

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site contains information on the correct use of the following types of punctuation: dash, parentheses, bracket, ellipsis, and slash. Examples are provided for each of the uses discussed.
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English Club

English Club: Type

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
EnglishClub provides information about different forms of "type" on this resource. Functions of "bold" and "italics" are discussed.
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English Worksheets Land

English Worksheets Land: Formatting Titles: Rules for Formatting Titles [Pdf]

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
A worksheet in which students decide which formatting rules apply to each sentence containing a title.
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University of Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin: Writing Center: Quoting and Paraphrasing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This provides guidelines for creating a paraphrase, sample paraphrases, introducing quotations, punctuating, formatting quotations, and what must be documented.
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English Worksheets Land

English Worksheets Land: Formatting Titles: The Box Office [Pdf]

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Practice formatting titles correctly by rewriting the titles of the movie posters on this worksheet.
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Other

Illinois Valley Community College: Stylebook: Formatting Titles in Mla Style

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Notes and examples for formatting titles using MLA style.