Grammar - 13-15 Commas Practice
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- Published: Tuesday, 23 December 2014 17:50
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Some practice for 13-15 Commas
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| Capital punishment, the death penalty, or execution, is the sentence of death upon a person by judicial process as a punishment for an offense. Crimes that can result in a death penalty, are known as capital crimes or capital offenses. The term capital originates from the Latin capitalis, literally "regarding the head.” Hence a capital crime was originally one punished by severing the head from the body. Capital punishment has in the past been practiced in virtually every society, although currently only 58 nations actively practice it, with 95 countries having abolished it. | 1. Which is the best choice? Why? A. NO CHANGE B. execution is, C. execution is D. , execution is 2. Which is the best choice? Why? A. NO CHANGE B. penalty are C. penalty are, D. penalty, are, 3. Which is the best choice? Why? A. NO CHANGE B. was, originally C. , was originally D. was, originally, |
Your prompt is to write one paragraph on why we should learn. Use our class discussion and The Great Conversation text to inform your ideas. You must include three commas in the paragraph.
Writing Application |
| DIRECTIONS: Respond to the prompt given to you by your teacher in the form of a paragraph. Your response must meet the requirements shown in the grading box, and be at least five (5) sentences in length. |
GRADING |
Criteria | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0-1 |
English Skills: Comma Splices X1 ________/5 | Writer includes NO unnecessary commas:
| THE SENTENCE THAT CONTAINS THIS MISTAKE IS HIGHLIGHTED. | Writer includes 2 or more unnecessary commas:
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