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Comma drama

Comma drama. Rule 1. Use a comma to set off three or more items in a series. Ex. On Sundays I like to clean, do laundry, and grade papers. Your turn!. I need to go to the store to buy milk cereal shampoo and paper towels. I have homework in math science and English. Rule 2.

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Comma drama

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  1. Comma drama

  2. Rule 1 • Use a comma to set off three or more items in a series. • Ex. On Sundays I like to clean, do laundry, and grade papers.

  3. Your turn! • I need to go to the store to buy milk cereal shampoo and paper towels. • I have homework in math science and English.

  4. Rule 2 • Use a comma to show a pause after an introductory word. • Ex. Yes, I am going to the store after school today.

  5. Your turn! • Yes I do have practice after school today. • No I do not have any homework tonight.

  6. Rule 3 • Use a comma after two or more prepositional phrases at the beginning of a sentence. • In my words: If there are more than 3 words in a prepositional phrase as the beginning of a sentence, use a comma. • Ex. For a number of years, I was a competitive cheerleader.

  7. Your turn! • At the end of the street you will find a gas station. • Around the corner from my house there is a gym.

  8. Rule 4 • Use commas to set off words that interrupt the flow of thought in a sentence. • My husband, as you might have guessed, is an electrician.

  9. Your turn! • My next class as you might know is math. • My favorite teacher of course is Mrs. Boulware.

  10. Rule 5 • Use commas to set off names used in direct addresses. • Ex. Can you, Nathan, take out the trash for me?

  11. Your turn! • Dillon can you please stop talking? • If you don’t pay attention Hayes you will miss the directions. • 6th arts stops here

  12. Rule 6 • Use commas after introductory participles and introductory participial phrases. • Ex. Daydreaming, I found myself on a beach in Jamaica. • Waking down the road, I tripped on a fallen limb.

  13. Your turn! • Traveling to the airport I realized I left my passport at home. • Laughing I found myself crying.

  14. Rule 7 • Use commas to set off an appositive if it is not essential to the meaning of the sentence. • Ex. Nathan, my husband, usually does all of the laundry. • Maximum Ride, the book we are reading in class, is awesome.

  15. Your turn! • Mr. Silky my stuffed bunny still sleeps with me every night. • Mrs. Boulware my teacher is so awesome. • Buddy my dog happens to be a rescue dog.

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