Commas

Is a correct example of how to used SERIES commas

• Commas, create, a, cool, look, for, sentences.

• Commas are used in a row to emphasize,,,,,,,,,, a really long dramatic pause

• My clumsy sister trips over her own feet, bumps into walls, drops things, and knocks things over all the time.

• My dog, Rando, is dumb, but fun.

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CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

Commas used to separate the name of a person spoken to from the rest of a sentence, and this use is called

• Direct separation

• Direct redirect

• Direct address

• Direct commas

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Coordinate adjective equally modify the same noun or subject. If the author does not use commas to effectively separate each coordinate adjective listed, then the reader might get

• Confused

• Angry

• Arrested

• Overwhelmed

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

The order of coordinate adjectives can be switched around without changing their

• Look

• Feeling

• Superiority

• Meaning

Tags

CCSS.L.8.5B

How can you tell coordinate and non-coordinate adjectives apart?

• You can’t

• The order of coordinate adjectives can be switched around and still make sense in the sentence

• The order of non-coordinate adjectives can’t be switched around because the sentence would no longer make sense

• The order of coordinate and non-coordinate adjectives will tell your teacher how to tell them apart, and she will tell your parents to explain it to you.

Use a _____to combine two independent clauses with a coordinate conjunction .

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

True or False?

In a complex sentence, connect a dependent clause and an independent clause with a comma and subordinate conjunction.

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CCSS.L.2.1F

CCSS.L.3.1H

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

Commas are used when setting off _______ from the rest of the sentence?

• Dialing a phone number

• Logging information

• Dialogue questions

• Dialogue

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Commas are used in personal and business______.

• Matters

• Vacations

• Letters

• Letters of the Greek alphabet

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

In personal letters commas appear in 4 out of 5 parts of a personal letter.

• The heading

  Inside address

  Body

  Closing

• Head

  Of the

  Body

  Closing

• Greeting

  Speaking

  Reading

  Closing

• Heading

  Salutation

  Body

  Closing

Tags

CCSS.L.2.2B

CCSS.L.3.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.2A