COMMA RULES
Semicolon or colon rules
THINGS TO REMEMBER
Italics and Quotation marks
HYPHENS AND APOSTROPHES
100

COMMA RULES 5 AND 6

NONESSENTIAL AND DA

100

Name two semicolon rules

no ,conj

transitional words

commas in the clause

100

If you follow the ____________________

you will ____________________________

procedure/get it right

100

 Name three things that should be italicized.

books, magazines, newspapers, ships, aircraft, works of art, trains, words, letters, and numbers referred to

100

Where would you divide money and why

You can't because you have to carry over at least three letters

200

COMMA RULES 8 AND 9

PARENTHETICAL EXPRESSION AND INTRODUCTORY HICKEYS

200

Name two colon rules other than chapter:verse/hour:minute

Introducing a list

Business letters

explaining the first clause

200

After the _________________

After the _________________

State/date

200

Name three things other than a direct quote that should have quotation marks.

Songs, poems, chapters, lines of poetry/stories, short stories, 

200

Where would you divide crossing?

after the s's

300

 Although I was born in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania on April 18 1958 I don't remember anything about the 1950s.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,

18, 1958,


300

Punctuate the following sentence - there will be one or more commas, colons, and semicolons.

I have visited the following places Dallas Texas Reno Nevada and Derry Pennsylvania.

I have visited the following places: Dallas, Texas; Reno, Nevada; and Derry, Pennsylvania.

300

comma rule number 9

Modifying introductory things

300

___________and __________ always go inside closing quotation marks.

Periods and commas

300

write the plural possessive of beach

beaches'

400

Mona Lisa the most famous painting in the world is kind of a weird looking picture.

After Lisa

after world

400

I went to the store however it was closed.

I went to the store; however, it was closed.

400

The motto for Judges was, "Everyone did__________

right in their own eyes

400

_______and___________always go outside closing quotation marks.

semicolons and colons

400

Write the singular possessive of cross

cross's

500

Carol Thomas

130 West Tacoma Avenue

Latrobe PA 15650

After Latrobe

500

The sun was shining on the lake the snow was sparkling on the branches of the pine trees.

semicolon after lake

500

Look at the ___________________

quote

500

How do you determine whether or not a question mark or exclamation mark goes inside or outside the closing quotation marks. 

Look at the quote...

500

Write the plural or moose

moose