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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Quotations and Commas

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
During this lesson learners will have the opportunity to learn the proper way to use quotations and commas. They will view information on the Internet and participate in online activities to help them master this concept.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Short Quotation Punctuation

For Students 9th - 10th
This slideshow tutorial focuses on punctuating short quotations; it defines short quotations, explains how to smoothly integrate quotations into your writing, and gives the rules for punctuating them according to method of integration.
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Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: Quotations Within a Quotation

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Rules and examples for using quotation marks within a quotation.
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ACT360 Media

Writing Tips: Sentence Builder: Quotation Marks

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
A brief description of the rules, usage, and examples of "quotation marks" in English punctuation.
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Other

Carson Newman Univ.: Punctuating Titles: Italics, Underlining, Quotation Marks

For Students 4th - 8th Standards
Learn the rules for punctuating and capitalizing different types of titles in this PowerPoint.
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Other

Tameri: Guide for Writers: Punctuation Rules

For Students 1st - 9th Standards
This site provides the punctuation rules.
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Towson University

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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Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: Comma After Question Mark

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page explains how to puctuate a direct quotation that ends in a question mark or an explanation point. If the quote comes before the attributive tag, no comma is needed; if the attributive tag comes before the quote, a comma is...
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Online Writer's Choice: Punctuating Dialogue

For Students 7th Standards
This tutorial focuses on punctuating dialogue including how to use quotation marks and commas correctly. The explanation and examples are followed by a self-grading practice exercise.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Punctuating Dialogue

For Students 9th - 10th
This slideshow focuses on how to punctuate dialogue; it explains the rules for quotation mark and comma use in direct speech, when switching speakers, and when a single speaker speaks in multiple, continuous paragraphs. It provides...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: The Question Mark

For Students 9th - 10th
This slideshow lesson discusses the question mark: its purpose, rules and examples for its use, and common errors in usage.
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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
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Quotations Within Quotations: Lesson 4

For Students 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces the punctuation rules for including a quotation within a quotation. It is 4 of 4 in the series titled "Quotations within Quotations."
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Quotations Within Quotations: Lesson 3

For Students 9th - 10th
This slideshow lesson introduces the punctuation rules for including a quotation within a quotation. It is 3 of 4 in the series titled "Quotations within Quotations."
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Other

Exploring English: Colon: Rules for Use

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site provides information regarding four common uses of the colon and its correct usage, along with examples.
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: The Period

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent resource detailing the uses and rules of the grammatical element "the period." Also includes information about the period in sentences, quotation marks, parentheses, and abbreviations.
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Brackets

For Students 9th - 10th
This slideshow lesson focuses on brackets by providing background information and uses including the following: clarify details, adding emphasis, modifying quoted material, and marking errors in quotations using [sic]. It provides...
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SUNY Empire State College

Empire State College: Italics & Underlining

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site contains information regarding the correct use of italics and underlining, along with many examples.
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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.