Gilman's Punctuation Rules
Usage
	General Usage Exercises
	Verb Tense	Agreement of Verb with Noun
	Fragment	Passive
	Awkward	Unclear
	Wordy	Stringy
	Vary Sentence Structure	Misplaced Modifier
	Parallel Ideas	Diction (Word Choice)
	Omission	Jargon
	Proofread	Redundant Word Usage
	Pronoun Reference	Pronoun Agreement
	Pronoun Case	Boring
	Great Sentence!
Punctuation and Capitalization
	General Punctuation Exercises
	Comma: Compound Sentence	No Comma Needed: P.1
	Semicolon: Compound Sentence	Semicolon: Comma Sentence
	Period: Comma Sentence	Question Mark Needed.
	Comma Needed	Comma: Introductory Clause
	Comma: Introductory Phrase	Comma: Introductory Word
	No Comma Needed: P.2	Comma: Non-Essential
	No Comma Needed: P.3	Comma: Sentence Interrupter
	No Comma Needed: P.4	Comma: Series of Expressions
	Colon: Introduce List or Appositive	Comma: Separate Coordinate Adjs.
	Quotation Marks Needed.	Comma: Direct Discourse
	Comma: Protect Sentence Meaning	Comma: Places, Dates, Titles, etc.
	Capitalize First Letter of a Sentence	Capitalize the Title of a Book
	Capitalize Proper Nouns & Adjs.	Capitalize Parts of Proper Nouns
	Italicize Words Under Discussion	Italicize Letters Spoken as Letters
	Italicize Foreign Words or Phrases	Italicize Names of Works & Ships
	Spelling	Apostrophe Errors
Content
	General Sites on Principles of Essay Composition
	Strong Thesis Statement	Inadequate Thesis
	Insufficient Detail	Disproportionate Emphasis
	Significance?	Point is Exaggerated
	Interpretation is Suspect	Oversimplification
	Non-topical	Facts are Garbled
	Flawed Idea Sequence	Redundant Point: Move On
	Quote Needed	Excellent Quote Choice!
	Cite Page Number	Cite act, scene, and line number
	Cite Poem Line Number	MLA citation needed.
	Good Thinking!
Form
	General Form Exercises	New Paragraph Needed
	Strong Topic Sentence!	Weak Topic Sentence
	Good Transitional Sentence!	Poor Coherence: Add Transition
	Good Concluding Sentence!	Improve Concluding Sentence
	Weak Organization	Unoriginal Wording
	Superb Introductory Paragraph!	Weak Introductory Paragraph
	Superb Body Paragraph!	Weak Body Paragraph
	Superb Concluding Paragraph!	Weak Concluding Paragraph
	Bravo! Superb Writing
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