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Carson Newman Univ.: Punctuating Titles: Italics, Underlining, Quotation Marks
Learn the rules for punctuating and capitalizing different types of titles in this PowerPoint.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Comma After Question Mark
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...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Separation Punctuation
This website provides information about how to use separation punctuation. There is a video clip [0:47] on why periods go inside quotation marks, and a second video clip [1:07] showing the effects of using too many exclamation points.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Italics and Quotations With Titles Exercise 2
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on the use of Italics and Quotations with Titles.
Towson University
Towson University: Ows: Italics and Quotations With Special Words Exercise
This is a 10-question, self-grading exercise/quiz on the use of Italics and Quotations with Special Words.
Other
Exploring English: Colon: Rules for Use
This site provides information regarding four common uses of the colon and its correct usage, along with examples.
Other
Sta: Punctuation and Capitalization Rules
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!
Capital Community College Foundation
Guide to Grammar and Writing: The Period
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.
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: Using Commas and Quotations | No Nonsense Grammar
Quotations and commas are two very useful punctuation tools that indicate dialogue and brief pausing in sentences. Learn how to use them correctly!
Other
Frequently Asked Questions Concerning Punctuation
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...
Sophia Learning
Sophia: The Ellipsis Mark
This video lesson focuses on the proper use of the ellipsis, including how to type them correctly and how to use them in various types of quotations. [8:57]
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Quotations Within Quotations: Lesson 3
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."
Sophia Learning
Sophia: Quotations Within Quotations: Lesson 4
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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Tidewater Community College Writing Center: Practical Punctuation Guide
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
TES Global
Blendspace: Dazzle Me With Dialogue
An eleven-part learning module with links to websites and texts to use while learning how to write and punctuate dialogue.
SUNY Empire State College
Empire State College: Italics & Underlining
This site contains information regarding the correct use of italics and underlining, along with many examples.
Rutgers University
Rutgers University: Guide to Grammar and Style: Titles
This site contains information regarding the correct use of italics in titles.
Other
Sandhills Community College: Punctuation Guide
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.
Grammarly
Grammarly Handbook: Italics and Underlining: Foreign Words
An explanation and examples using italics/underlining when writing foreign words in a sentence.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Italics and Underlining
An explanation of the uses of italics and underlining. Links to additional information are provided.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Italics and Underlining: Titles of Works
An explanation and examples using italics/underlining when writing titles.
Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Italics and Underlining: Names Ships and Trains
An explanation and examples using italics/underlining when writing the names of spacecraft, aircraft, ships, and trains.
E Reading Worksheets
E Reading Worksheets: Characterization Lesson
This learning module incorporates materials to support the instruction of characterization approaches that are used by authors. A PowerPoint lesson on characterization is available. An additional lesson plan on the topic of...
