Comma Splices + Punctuating Titles

Which type of works are put in quotation marks. Check all that apply.

• short stories

• plays

• movies

• poems

• songs

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Which types of works are italicized/underlined? Check all that apply.

• novels

• articles

• artwork

• speeches

• magazines

Jane is writing an email explaining to her teacher why she couldn't finish the class novel over the weekend. How should Jane punctuate the title?

• italicize it

• underline it

• put it in quotation marks

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CCSS.L.5.2D

Tim is handwriting an essay explaining the importance of one specific Greek statue. How should he punctuate the title of the statue?

• italicize it

• underline it

• put it in quotation marks

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Sara is typing a summary about a poem she read in class. How should she punctuate the title?

• italicize it

• underline it

• put it in quotation marks

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CCSS.L.5.2D

Lucy is handwriting an analysis of her favorite song. How should she punctuate the title?

• italicize it

• underline it

• put it in quotation marks

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CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.5.2D

Tom is typing an essay about a Shakespeare play. How should he punctuate the title?

• italicize it

• underline it

• put it in quotation marks

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CCSS.L.5.2D

Mia is handwriting an analysis of an article she read in a magazine. What should she do to the titles of both works?

• Underline both the article and the magazine

• Italicize both the article and the magazine

• Put both the article and the magazine in quotation marks

• Put the article in quotation marks and underline the magazine

• Underline the article; put the magazine in quotation marks

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CCSS.L.5.2D

Which of the following sentences below are comma splices. Check all that apply.

• The largest populations of Bengal tigers are in India, but there are some smaller groups in Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan.

• An estimate of the World Tiger Recovery Program indicates that there are about 440 individuals in Bangladesh, about 155 in Nepal and about 75 in Bhutan, the approximate number of specimens is less than 2,500.

• However, the latest census of 2016 indicates that there are 106 tigers in Bangladesh, 103 in Buthan, 198 in Nepal and 2,226 in India; this information is from government sources and is not confirmed by independent organizations.

• The power of the Bengal tiger is evident when observing its effectiveness at the time of hunting, this carnivorous animal search for medium or large prey, mainly ungulate mammals.

• In a tiger's diet, predominates the gaur, water buffalo, sambar, chital or mottled deer, wild boar and other species of deer, they occasionally consume small prey such as rabbits and porcupines

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Determine which of the sentences below use a semicolon correctly. Check all that apply.

• Private spaceflight is not a new concept; in the United States, commercial companies played a role in the aerospace industry right from the start.

• Since the 1960s, NASA has relied on private contractors to build spacecraft for every major human spaceflight program; starting with Project Mercury and continuing until the present.

• Today; NASA’s Commercial Crew Program is expanding on the agency’s relationship with private companies.

• Through it, NASA is relying on SpaceX and Boeing to build spacecraft capable of carrying humans into orbit; once those vehicles are built, both companies retain ownership and control of the craft, and NASA can send astronauts into space for a fraction of the cost of a seat on Russia’s Soyuz spacecraft.

• SpaceX, which established a new paradigm by developing reusable rockets, has been running regular cargo resupply missions to the International Space Station since 2012; and in May 2020, the company’s Crew Dragon spacecraft carried NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken to the ISS

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CCSS.L.9-10.2A