Vancouver Island University
Malaspina: Punctuating Quotations Exercise
Passage B - Rewrite this passage in order to improve the grammar, punctuation, parallelism, and format for titles. Passage C - Rewrite this passage in order to improve the style and correct quotation mark errors.
English Club
English Club: Punctuation Marks
This EnglishClub tutorial provides a comprehensive chart of punctuation marks and their respective purposes. Examples of the punctuation marks used in context are also provided.
Online Writing Lab at Purdue University
Purdue University Owl: Writing Lab: Brief Overview of Punctuation
This lesson provides a brief overview of semicolons, colons, parentheses, dashes, quotation marks, italics, and underlining.
University of Calgary
University of Calgary: Colon and Semicolon Exercise
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...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Introduction to Colons
Learn how to identify and use the colon in a sentence!
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Using Semicolons and Commas
Identify when to use semicolons and commas in complex sentences.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Using Colons and Semicolons
Identify whether to use colons or semicolons in sentences!
Louisiana Department of Education
Louisiana Doe: Curriculum Hub: Ela Guidebooks: Teenage Brain: Analyze Sentence Structure
Analyze the structure of a sentence from "Concussions Affect Teens More Than Kids and Adults, Study Says" to understand how the sentence is constructed and then create our own sentences that use a similar structure.
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: Diagramming Sentences
A complete guide from the Capital Community College to diagramming grammar sentences.
Ted Nellen
Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Consonance
This is a glossary entry for the term "Consonance" including the defintion and an example.
SUNY Empire State College
Empire State College: Exercise 4: Colons Quizzes & Tutorial
This resource quizzes on punctuation. Type in the correct punctuation. Then click on "submit answers" to see how you did.
Ted Nellen
Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Anagram
This is a glossary entry for the term "Anagram" including a definition and an example.
Ted Nellen
Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Anaphora
This is a glossary entry for the term "Anaphora" including the definition, examples, and a link to more information.
Ted Nellen
Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Anastrophe
This is a glossary entry for the term "Anastrophe" including the definition and an example.
Ted Nellen
Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Aphorism
This is a glossary entry of the term "Aphorism" including definitions and examples.
Ted Nellen
Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Assonance
This is a glossary entry for the term "Assonance" including a definition and an example.
Ted Nellen
Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Caesura
This is a glossary entry for the term "Caesura" including a definition and an example.
Ted Nellen
Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Circumlocution
This is a glossary entry for the term Circumlocution meaning "a roundabout or indirect manner of writing or speaking."
Ted Nellen
Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Diction
This is a glossary entry for the term "Diction" including a definition, an example, and a link to more examples.
Ted Nellen
Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Hyperbaton
This is a glossary entry for the figure of speech "Hyperbaton" including definitions from two sources.
Ted Nellen
Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Juxtaposition
This is a glossary entry for the term "Juxtaposition" including multiple definitions.
Ted Nellen
Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Malapropism
This is a glossary entry for the term "Malapropism" including definitions from two separate sources.
Ted Nellen
Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Periphrasis
This is a glossary entry for the term "Periphrasis" including a definition and an example.
Ted Nellen
Cyber English (By Ted Nellen): Periodic Structure
This is a glossary entry for the term "Periodic Structure" including the definition and an example.