Name that Comma 1
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Tina Belcher loves zombies horses and Jimmy Pesto.
What is commas in a Series?
zombies, horses, and Jimmy Pesto.
Brooke stop placing junk mail in Mr. Atchley's mail box.
What is Direct address?
Brooke, stop
This comma always goes inside the quotation marks
What is a quotation comma
Cane's, McDonald's, and Chick-Fil-A all sell chicken.
What is series (or words in a list) comma.
Maddie, read your book.
What is a direct address comma?
"Quit shouting across the room" sighed Mrs. Friesen.
What is commas with Direct quotes?
room," sighed
Never say foxes boxes or poxes to me again.
What is Series?
foxes, boxes, or poxes...
This comma separates three or more things or ideas
What is a serial (or words in a list) comma
"Let's be quiet in class," said no student ever.
What is commas with quotes?
Well, I really thought this was going to be easy.
What is introductory comma?
David Bowie said to me "I love apples."
What is Direct quotes.
me, "I love apples."
In a world like this one only the random makes sense.
What is Introductory?
like this one, only the random...
A phrase offset by commas that usually contains unnecessary information
What is Extra information / parenthetical / interrupting / non-essential / appositive?
When I go home today, I'm eating all the food in my fridge.
What is a Introductory Comma?
dependent, independent
Suzy definitely never lived in Norman, Oklahoma.
What is a Convention comma?
Rey was so small she often fell between cracks.
What is Introductory?
so small, she often fell...
There was a hand in the darkness and it held a knife.
What is Fanboys?
darkness, and it held...
This comma separates two complete sentences/clauses joined together by a conjunction
What is a Fanboys comma?
Mrs. Williams, the social studies teacher, loves to tell bad jokes.
What is an appositive comma?
Everyone was busy, so I went to the movie alone.
What is a Fanboys comma?
The best day of my life happened when I was five and almost died at Disney World.
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Bill Bugsy once ate so much his stomach exploded.
What is Introductory?
so much, his stomach
This comma separates an independent clause from a dependent clause
What is a Introductory Comma?
dependent, independent
No matter how you look at it, 'Fast and the Furious' is a terrible movie.
What is an Introductory comma?
dependent, independent
On Monday, a dreary day, I grabbed my umbrella before leaving the house.
What is an Extra information / parenthetical / interrupting / non-essential / appositive comma?