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Conquering the Comma
Summary: This presentation is designed to acquaint your students with the rules of comma usage, including placement in compound sentences, after introductory elements, with dependent phrases and clauses, around nonessential elements, in a series, and with adjectives. This presentation will also cover methods for avoiding a common comma error—the comma splice. The thirty-one slide presented here are designed to aid the facilitator in an interactive presentation of the elements of comma usage. This presentation is ideal for the beginning of a composition course, the assignment of a writing project, or as a refresher presentation for grammar usage.
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Conquering the Comma Powerpoint Presentation
This presentation is designed to acquaint you or your students with the rules of comma usage, including:
- placement in compound sentences
- placement after introductory elements
- placement with dependent phrases and clauses
- placement around nonessential elements
- placement in a series
- placement with adjectives
This presentation will also cover methods for avoiding a common comma error—the comma splice. The thirty-one slide presented here are designed to aid the facilitator in an interactive presentation of the elements of comma usage. This presentation is ideal for the beginning of a composition course, the assignment of a writing project, or as a refresher presentation for grammar usage.