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Comma Rules

100

Put commas in the following sentence AS NEEDED: "He had been saying to himself: "It is nothing but the wind in the chimney" "it is only a mouse crossing the floor" or "It is merely a cricket which has made a single chirp."

"He had been saying to himself: "It is nothing but the wind in the chimney", "it is only a mouse crossing the floor," or "It is merely a cricket which has made a single chirp." ITEMS IN A SERIES

200

Put commas in the following sentence AS NEEDED: "If thou readest this O Caesar thou mayst live!"

"If thou readest this, O Caesar, you mayst live." DIRECT ADDRESS

300

Put commas in the following sentences AS NEEDED: "It is the east and Juliet is the sun. O that she knew she were! She speaks yet says nothing. What of that?"

"It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. O, that she knew she were! She speaks, yet says nothing. What of that?" COMPOUND SENTENCES AND AN INTRODUCTORY WORD

400

Put commas in the following sentences AS NEEDED: 1) Persephone stayed in the Underworld for three months of the year after she ate the pomegranate. 2) Because he was afraid of his children Cronus ate them after they were born.

1) Persephone stayed in the Underworld for three months of the year after she ate the pomegranate. 2) Because he was afraid of his children, Cronus ate them after they were born. ADVERB CLAUSES

500

Put commas in the following sentences AS NEEDED: 1) In "The Raven" the narrator says, "The silken sad uncertain rustling of each purple curtain / Thrilled me” 2) On the windowsill perches a huge black bird.

1) In "The Raven," the narrator says, "The silken, sad, uncertain rustling of each purple curtain / Thrilled me” 2) On the windowsill perches a huge, black bird. INTRODUCTORY PHRASES AND TWO ADJECTIVES IN FRONT OF A NOUN

Creating Sentences

100

Create a sentence with an introductory phrase that DOES require a comma.

EX: After lunch, go outside. EX: In the field, a hobbit played. The word after the phrase should NOT be a verb, or the sentence should be a command.

200

Create a sentence that uses an adverb clause.

EX: After Baldur died, Frigga wept. EX: Frigga wept when Baldur died.

300

Create a sentence with an introductory phrase that does NOT require a comma after it.

EX: In the cave waits a dragon (Chaparro). EX: In the morning sleeps the sneaky cat (Ruley). EX: In the bed lay a sick-looking dwarf (Saveski).

400

Create a sentence that uses an adverb clause that requires a comma. Then change that sentence so that the adverb clause no longer needs a comma.

Introductory adverb clauses require commas. EX: [If I come with you], will you eat me? -> Will you eat me [if I come with you]?

500

Create an LSU sentence answering the following question: What leads to Holmes' excitement in the lab?

Have another player check your answer!

Identification

100

Identify the adverb clause: "If we offend, it is with good will."

[If we offend]

200

Identify the simple subject(s) and simple predicate(s) in the following sentence: “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge"(Poe 213).

I - had borne I - could he - ventured I - vowed

300

How many clauses are in the following sentence? "“And the whole seizure, progress, and termination of the disease were the incidents of half an hour” (Poe 133).

Just one. (There is only one verb).

400

Identify the adverb clauses in the following sentence: “The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge"(Poe 213).

[as I best could] [when he ventured upon insult]

500

Identify the antecedent of 'he' in the following sentence: "He fought the real battle in the tunnel alone, before he ever saw the vast danger that lay in wait.”

Bilbo

Miscellaneous

100

Choose the correct homophones in the sentence below: Your / You're / Yore not the only one who knows your / you're / yore areas of weakness.

You're, your

200

List the adverb questions.

When? Where? How? Why? To what extent?

300

"The old man in the bed shook with fear." What question does "in the bed" answer? Is it an adverb or adjective question?

Which one? - Adjective question

400

Create a sentence that uses "to", "two" and "too" correctly.

Have a partner check your sentence!

500

Identify all the prepositional phrases in the following sentence: “It fell to the lot of Heracles that he was driven to madness because of the jealousy of Hera, and he threw his own children and Iphicles’ two children into the fire" (CG&H 156).

to the lot, of Heracles, to madness, because of the jealousy (It's not an adverb clause because there is no verb) of Hera into the fire

Editing & Run-On Cures

100

Cure the following sentence using a run-on cure: I love walks walks are fun.

EX: I love walks; walks are fun. I love walks. Walks are fun. I love walks because walks are fun. I love walks, and walks are fun.

200

Cure the following run-on with TWO different run-on cures: "Jason and the Argonauts sailed after the Golden Fleece their ship was called the Argo."

Fleece. Their Fleece, and their Fleece ; their Fleece after

300

Change the following sentence to LSU format. You may need to add or subtract words: "Orpheus refused to marry again, which angered the bacchantes."

EASIEST WAY: "Orpheus' refusal to marry again angered the bacchantes."

400

Edit the following story: he began to get frightened that is bad for thinking. gollum began to get out of his boat. He flapped into the water and paddled 2 the bank; Bilbo could see his bright hungry eyes coming towards him.

He began to get frightened (insert a run-on cure) that is bad for thinking. Gollum began to get out of his boat. He flapped into the water and paddled to the bank; Bilbo could see his bright, hungry eyes coming towards him.

500

Edit the following excerpt: "When I had made an end of these labors it was four o'clock. As the bell sounded the hour there came a knocking at the street door. I went down to open it with a light heart for what had I now to fear? There entered three men who introduced themselves as officers of the police. A shriek had been heard by a neighbour during the night suspicion of foul play had been aroused information had been lodged at the police office and they (the officers) had been deputed to search the premises."

"When I had made an end of these labors, it was four o'clock. As the bell sounded the hour, there came a knocking at the street door. I went down to open it with a light heart, for what had I now to fear? There entered three men who introduced themselves as officers of the police. A shriek had been heard by a neighbour during the night, suspicion of foul play had been aroused, information had been lodged at the police office, and they (the officers) had been deputed to search the premises."