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Punctuation 101
Commas, Phrases, and Conjunctions
MLA Citation
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Haley completed her Personal Finance homework.

Haley's Personal Finance homework is completed.

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Abigail is studying Criminal Justice. One of her classes next year will be online.

(Use a semicolon to join the two sentences)

Abigail is studying Criminal Justice; one of her classes next semester will be online.

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Gracie studied "Who But the Lord?" one of Hughes' poems from 1949.

Gracie studied "Who But the Lord?", one of Hughes' poems from 1949.

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Mother to Son by Langston Hughes

or

"Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes

"Mother to Son" by Langston Hughes

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A paper is being written by Cailynee for her General Psychology course.

Cailynne is writing a paper for her General Psychology course.

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Langston Hughes wrote the poem "Harlem" in 1951.

"Harlem" was written by Langston Hughes in 1951.

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We analyzed poetry in our first unit and in our second unit we analyzed a play.

We analyzed poetry in our first unit, and in our second unit we analyzed a play.

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Liam and Josh and Cailynne and Keilani turned Nora into a drug dealer. 

(Remove the unnecessary conjunctions and add commas.)

Liam, Josh, Cailynne, and Keilani turned Nora into a drug dealer.

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Eyes Wide Open by Dewitt

(How would you write the title?)

Eyes Wide Open by Dewitt

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The letters were delivered by Gabe.

Gabe delivered the letters.

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Grace completed and enjoyed her science lab last Thursday.

(Omit the subject).

Her science lab last Thursday was completed and enjoyed.

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In February our campus was snowy and very cold but room 228 was warm. 

(Add two commas)

In February, our campus was snowy and very cold, but Room 228 was warm.

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One of the baseball players Jacob dyed his hair during Spring Break.

One of the baseball players, Jacob, dyed his hair during Spring Break.

300

What kind of source is citing below?


Yün-Hua, Jan. "The Problems of Tao and 'Tao Te Ching.'" Numen, vol. 22, no. 3, 1975, pp. 208-34. JSTOR.

A journal article from the JSTOR database.

300

A Doll's House by Ibsen has already been discussed by our Writing Across the Disciplines class.

Our Writing Across the Disciplines class already discussed A Doll's House by Ibsen.

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Dan, Jacob, and Tanner will play a baseball game on April 14th.

A baseball game will be played by Dan, Jacob, and Tanner on April 14th.

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Our next unit Art and Music will include water coloring classical music and an art analysis lesson led by a talented guest speaker. 

(Add four commas and a hyphen)

Our next unit, Art and Music, will include water-coloring, classical music, and an art analysis lesson led by a talented guest speaker.

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In order to practically apply the upcoming art and music lessons our class will spend a day in New York City.

In order to practically apply the upcoming art lessons, our class will spend a day in New York City.

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How would you cite this line from Langston Hughes?

"What happens to a dream deferred?"

(Hughes)

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The letter of 1 Thessalonians was written by Paul, Silas, and Timothy in 51A.D.

Paul, Silas, and Timothy wrote the letter of 1 Thessalonians in 51A.D.

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Our Writing Across the Disciplines course studied articles, theatre, poetry, and scripture.

Articles, theatre, poetry, and scripture were studied in our Writing Across the Disciplines course.

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All across the earth there are of course traces of climate history buried in lake sediments, deposited in ancient beetle casings piled up on the floor of the oceans" (Kolbert).

(Add one capitalization, five commas, and one em dash)

All across the Earth, there are, of course, traces of climate history -- buried in lake sediments, deposited in ancient beetle casings, piled up on the floor of the oceans" (Kolbert).

500

Nora Helmer after forging her father's signature to help her husband spends the majority of A Doll's House devising secretive plots.

Nora Helmer, after forging her father's signature to help her husband, spends the majority of A Doll's House devising secretive plots.

500

How would you cite this verse from 1 Thessalonians?

"For God has not called us for impurity, but in holiness. Therefore whoever disregards this, disregards not man but God, who gives his Holy Spirit to you."

(English Standard Version, 1 Thess. 4.7-8).

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A theme of God-given longing is woven into each chapter of Eyes Wide Open.

Dewitt weaves a theme of God-given longing into each chapter of Eyes Wide Open.

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