+
Handout
Robin L. Simmons

Grammar Bytes: The Comma Splice

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Printable information is provided that demonstrates how to identify a comma splice in the context of a sentence.
+
Handout
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.
+
Handout
Other

Comma

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Writing lab tutorial for using the comma in English punctuation.
+
Handout
Other

Frequently Asked Questions Concerning Punctuation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides the answers to six frequently asked questions regarding punctuation. For example, "Should I use a comma before AND in a series?" The question "Do commas and periods go inside our outside the closing quotation mark?" is...
+
Handout
Other

Punctuation Mark Rules: The Semicolon

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Site provides information concerning the rules and usage of the grammatical element "the semicolon" in English punctuation. Also includes several examples.
+
Handout
Other

Illinois State University: Punctuation Made Simple: The Commas

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page from "Punctuation Made Simple," features comma use. Brush up on your comma skills with plenty of examples.
+
Handout
Other

Illinois State Univ.: Punctuation Made Simple Dash

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
How is a dash used in a sentence? "Punctuation Made Simple," answers this question and gives examples to make the concepts easier to grasp.
+
Handout
Other

Illinois State University: Punctuation Made Simple

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Brief tutorial on how to use some of the most confusing punctuation marks: colon, semicolon, comma, dash, and the apostrophe.
+
Handout
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.
+
Handout
Bartleby

Bartleby.com: The King's English: Punctuation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is the Punctuation chapter from H.W. Fowler's The King?s English, 2nd ed. (1908), which provides the rules of use for British English punctuation in the early 20th century. Many of these rules still apply.
+
Interactive
Quia

Quia: Punctuation Commas and End Marks

For Students 2nd - 8th Standards
Play Hangman as you recall the basic types of sentences and punctuation marks. Great fun!
+
Handout
Other

Tidewater Community College Writing Center: Practical Punctuation Guide

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site contains practical and useful information about the following: commas, semicolons, colons, dashes, parentheses and brackets, ellipsis points, quotation marks, and apostrophes. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.L.2
+
Handout
Other

Library Online: Colon and Semicolon Punctuation in Writing

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Rules and examples in list form demonstrating the proper use of both the colon and semicolon.
+
Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Handbook: Punctuation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An explanation of the importance of punctuation and links to specific information on several different types of punctuation marks.
+
Handout
English Club

English Club: What Is Punctuation?

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
This EnglishClub tutorial reviews the purposes for punctuation. Several examples of punctuation in the context of sentences.
+
Unknown Type
Soft Schools

Soft Schools: Commas in Dates Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Rules for comma use in dates are simple. Review them here, then take the quiz to assess understanding.
+
Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: Comma

For Students 1st - 9th Standards
This page focuses on comma use; it explains the importance of the comma and provides an example of how drastically a comma can change the meaning of a sentence. It also provides links to 38 different pages of comma rules and examples.
+
Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: What Is a Comma?

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page explains that a comma is a "soft stop" in writing and provides examples of its use.
+
Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: When to Use Commas and When Not

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page focuses on the uses and misuses of commas. It provides examples of comma uses and explains when the commas are unnecessary.
+
Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: Missing Comma Before a Question Tag

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Rules and examples for using commas when writing a question tag at the end of a sentence.
+
Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: Run on Sentences

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Rules and examples for using commas when writing a complex sentence.
+
Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: Comma in Dates

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page focuses on the use of commas when writing dates; a comma is used to separate the day from the month, and the date from the year. Examples are provided.
+
Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: Semicolon

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
An explanation of the use of semicolons and links to specific semicolon usage rules.
+
Handout
Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: Comma Before Too

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page explains the use of commas to emphasize the word "too" in a sentence; the use of one, two, or no commas depend of the use of "too" and its placement in the sentence.