Comma Rules
Connotation
Sentences
Essay Structure
Feldmann Facts
100

You should use a comma to separate dialogue, which you indicate using this punctuation.

What are quotation marks?

100

Wonderful

Positive

100

A simple sentence is made up of one of these.

What is an independent clause?

100

The first line of your essay should grab your reader, and is known by this fishing term. 

What is a hook?

100

Mr. Feldmann has this type of pet. 

What is a dog?

200

You can join two independent clauses using a comma and this type of conjunction, such as so or and.

What are FANBOYS?

200

Home

Positive

200

Every independent clause must have a subject and this other word. 

What is a verb?

200

The last line of your introduction serves as the roadmap of your essay and is called this statement.

What is the thesis statement?

200

Mr. Feldmann has this many kids. 

What are 2?

300

You use a comma to separate more than two items in this.

What is a series or list?

300

Arrogant

Negative

300

A compound sentence is made up of at least this many independent clauses.

What is 2?

300

Every body paragraph should start with a sentence that tells the reader what the paragraph is about, called this sentence. 

What is a topic sentence?

300

Mr. Feldmann is a fan of this NFL team.

Who are the Buffalo Bills?

400

The comma goes here in the following sentence:

After I leave class I am going to take a nap.

What is after the word "class"

400

Infantile

Negative

400

A dependent clause joined to an independent clause makes this kind of sentence.

What is Complex?
400

Your supporting details should always be this, not general. 

What is specific?
400

Mr. Feldmann went to this college in Virginia.

What is James Madison University?

500

You use commas to offset this kind of information in the middle of a sentence.

What is unnecessary or redundant

500

Enthusiastic

Positive

500
To make a compound sentence, you use a FANBOYS combined with this type of punctuation. 

What is a comma?

500

The first sentence of your conclusion should restate this part of your introduction. 

What is the thesis statement?

500

Before returning to Virginia, Mr. Feldmann was a teacher in Savannah in this southern state.

What is Georgia?

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