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Towson University

Towson University: Online Writing Support: Active/passive Voice

For Students 9th - 10th

This entry explains active and passive voice and how to change active to passive and passive to active in sentences. It provides detailed examples of each.

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Towson University: Online Writing Support: Apostrophe

For Students 9th - 10th

This entry explains and provides examples of when and how to use the apostrophe to show ownership and to form the plural of letters, numbers, and signs used as words. It also explains when not to use apostrophes such as with the pronoun...

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Towson University: Online Writing Support: Colon

For Students 9th - 10th Standards

This entry focuses on the when and how to use a colon including to formally introduce a list, between two independent clauses, before a formal appositive, and between hour and minute / chapter and verse. It includes detailed examples of...

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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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Towson University: Online Writing Support: Dash

For Students 9th - 10th Standards

This entry explains the uses for the dash and provides examples.

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Towson University: Online Writing Support: Italics

For Students 9th - 10th Standards

This entry provides the rules and examples for when and how to use italics and quotation marks in titles, quotations, and more.

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Towson University: Online Writing Support: Parentheses

For Students 9th - 10th

This entry explains the uses for parentheses and provides examples.

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Towson University: Online Writing Support: Quotation Marks

For Students 9th - 10th

This entry provides the rules for using quotation marks and single quotation marks and provides examples of each use.

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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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Towson University: Online Writing Support: Self Teaching Units

For Students 9th - 10th

This page provides a list of links to self-teaching units on grammar, punctuation, sentence structure, active and passive voice, and more. Each provides an explanation with examples, followed by a practice exercise.

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Towson University: Ows: Self Teaching Unit: Active / Passive Voice

For Students 9th - 10th

This module defines the active and passive voice and explains how to change active to passive voice and passive to active voice. It offers examples of each, practice exercises, and a link to a printable quiz/exercise.

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Towson University: Online Writing Support: Self Teaching Units: Apostrophes

For Students 9th - 10th

This module explains how to use apostrophes to form possessive nouns and pronouns, provides links to exercises for each new idea, and a link to a post lesson quiz.

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Towson University: Ows: Self Teaching Unit: Comma Splices and Fused Sentences

For Students 9th - 10th Standards

This lesson starts with the simple sentence and explains sentence parts, independent clauses, types of sentences, coordinating conjunctions, conjunctive adverbs, and sentence errors (comma splices and fused sentences). Links to practice...

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Towson University: Self Teaching Unit: Avoiding Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

For Students 9th - 10th Standards

This lesson focuses on misplaced modifiers including adjectives, adverbs, phrases, and clauses and dangling modifiers. It discusses each, provides examples, explains how to correct them, and offers links to exercises and a post-quiz.

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Towson University: Ows: Self Teaching Unit: Major Comma Uses

For Students 9th - 10th

This lesson focuses on comma rules including the rules, examples, links to exercises and a link to a final quiz.

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Towson University:online Writing Support: Self Teaching Unit: Sentence Combining

For Students 9th - 10th

This lesson focuses on sentence combining including showing sentence errors and their corrections, providing six methods of combining sentences with examples of each and offering a link to a final quiz.

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