*GRAMMAR 13.2 REDO

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20 questions

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PART 1 of 1
DIRECTIONS:
1. Complete each sentence by adding quotation marks and other punctuation. (20 points)
          *Copy and paste the entire sentence into the box.
          *Look at what is written in parentheses to determine what to include.
          *Look at the number in parentheses to determine the exact number of words that should be in each set                      
          of quotation marks.

Angel is researching the original sound films, known as talkies
(1 set of quotation marks, 1 period)
(1 word)

He says, Many silent stars could not make the transition because they did not have good speaking voices
(1 set of quotation marks, 1 period)
(16 words)

The Jazz Singer, about Al Jolson, was the first talkie
(1 set of quotation marks, 1 period)
(1 word)

Doraline is reading the work of Ernest Hemingway, one of the group of writers in Paris whom writer Gertrude Stein named the lost generation
(1 set of quotation marks, 1 period)
(2 words)

When Hemingway wrote for the Kansas City Star, the newspaper’s style sheet instructed him to write: short sentences short first paragraphs and vigorous English
(3 sets of quotation marks, 2 commas, 1 period)
(2 words; 3 words; 2 words)

Hemingway said, These were the best rules I ever learned. . . .
(1 set of quotation marks)
(8 words)

Three students will research and report on the life of Walt Whitman, who was nicknamed Good Gray Poet by one of his disciples.
(1 set of quotation marks)
(3 words)

The three—Jackie, Myron, and Shanna––will read Whitman’s poem Song of Myself from his most famous work, Leaves of Grass.
(1 set of quotation marks)
(3 words)

Whitman loved America and said, The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he has absorbed it
(1 set of quotation marks, 1 period)
(18 words)

Binte is looking into the history of jazz, starting with New Orleans, which is often called the cradle of jazz
(1 set of quotation marks, 1 period)
(3 words)

W. C. Handy composed the first blues numbers, Memphis Blues and St. Louis Blues
(2 sets of quotation marks, 1 period)
(2 words; 3 words)

Other big names were Thomas Waller and Ferdinand LaMothe, known as Fats and Jelly Roll Morton
(2 sets of quotation marks, 1 period)
(1 word; 3 words)

Duke Ellington recorded a song called It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing, which ushered in the era known as swing
(2 sets of quotation marks, 1 period)
(11 words; 1 word)

Did you know Benny Goodman became known as the King of Swing
(1 set of quotation marks, 1 question mark)
(3 words)

Amiri will be talking about Langston Hughes, an African American writer who contributed to the era known as the Harlem Renaissance, which began in the 1920s.
(1 set of quotation marks)
(2 words)

Ninety percent of his poetry was written, in Hughes’s own words, to explain and illuminate the Negro condition in America
(1 set of quotation marks, 1 period)
(9 words)

Amiri’s favorite of Hughes’s poems is The Negro Speaks of Rivers
(1 set of quotation marks, 1 period)
(5 words)

I myself like Mother to Son, in which a mother tells her son, Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair
(2 sets of quotation marks, 1 period)
(3 words; 8 words)

James Baldwin wrote the long essay, The Fire Next Time, according to our teacher.
(1 set of quotation marks)
(4 words)

Baldwin helped create what is now called the protest novel
(1 set of quotation marks, 1 period)
(2 words)

*GRAMMAR 13.2 REDO

DID YOU IMPROVE FROM THE FIRST TIME?

PART 1 of 1

Angel is researching the original sound films, known as talkies(1 set of quotation marks, 1 period)(1 word)

He says, Many silent stars could not make the transition because they did not have good speaking voices(1 set of quotation marks, 1 period)(16 words)

The Jazz Singer, about Al Jolson, was the first talkie(1 set of quotation marks, 1 period)(1 word)

Doraline is reading the work of Ernest Hemingway, one of the group of writers in Paris whom writer Gertrude Stein named the lost generation(1 set of quotation marks, 1 period)(2 words)

When Hemingway wrote for the Kansas City Star, the newspaper’s style sheet instructed him to write: short sentences short first paragraphs and vigorous English(3 sets of quotation marks, 2 commas, 1 period)(2 words; 3 words; 2 words)

Hemingway said, These were the best rules I ever learned. . . .(1 set of quotation marks)(8 words)

Three students will research and report on the life of Walt Whitman, who was nicknamed Good Gray Poet by one of his disciples.(1 set of quotation marks)(3 words)

The three—Jackie, Myron, and Shanna––will read Whitman’s poem Song of Myself from his most famous work, Leaves of Grass.(1 set of quotation marks)(3 words)

Whitman loved America and said, The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he has absorbed it(1 set of quotation marks, 1 period)(18 words)

Binte is looking into the history of jazz, starting with New Orleans, which is often called the cradle of jazz(1 set of quotation marks, 1 period)(3 words)

W. C. Handy composed the first blues numbers, Memphis Blues and St. Louis Blues(2 sets of quotation marks, 1 period)(2 words; 3 words)

Other big names were Thomas Waller and Ferdinand LaMothe, known as Fats and Jelly Roll Morton(2 sets of quotation marks, 1 period)(1 word; 3 words)

Duke Ellington recorded a song called It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing, which ushered in the era known as swing(2 sets of quotation marks, 1 period)(11 words; 1 word)

Did you know Benny Goodman became known as the King of Swing(1 set of quotation marks, 1 question mark)(3 words)

Amiri will be talking about Langston Hughes, an African American writer who contributed to the era known as the Harlem Renaissance, which began in the 1920s.(1 set of quotation marks)(2 words)

Ninety percent of his poetry was written, in Hughes’s own words, to explain and illuminate the Negro condition in America(1 set of quotation marks, 1 period)(9 words)

Amiri’s favorite of Hughes’s poems is The Negro Speaks of Rivers(1 set of quotation marks, 1 period)(5 words)

I myself like Mother to Son, in which a mother tells her son, Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair(2 sets of quotation marks, 1 period)(3 words; 8 words)

James Baldwin wrote the long essay, The Fire Next Time, according to our teacher.(1 set of quotation marks)(4 words)

Baldwin helped create what is now called the protest novel(1 set of quotation marks, 1 period)(2 words)

Angel is researching the original sound films, known as talkies
(1 set of quotation marks, 1 period)
(1 word)

He says, Many silent stars could not make the transition because they did not have good speaking voices
(1 set of quotation marks, 1 period)
(16 words)

The Jazz Singer, about Al Jolson, was the first talkie
(1 set of quotation marks, 1 period)
(1 word)

Doraline is reading the work of Ernest Hemingway, one of the group of writers in Paris whom writer Gertrude Stein named the lost generation
(1 set of quotation marks, 1 period)
(2 words)

When Hemingway wrote for the Kansas City Star, the newspaper’s style sheet instructed him to write: short sentences short first paragraphs and vigorous English
(3 sets of quotation marks, 2 commas, 1 period)
(2 words; 3 words; 2 words)

Hemingway said, These were the best rules I ever learned. . . .
(1 set of quotation marks)
(8 words)

Three students will research and report on the life of Walt Whitman, who was nicknamed Good Gray Poet by one of his disciples.
(1 set of quotation marks)
(3 words)

The three—Jackie, Myron, and Shanna––will read Whitman’s poem Song of Myself from his most famous work, Leaves of Grass.
(1 set of quotation marks)
(3 words)

Whitman loved America and said, The proof of a poet is that his country absorbs him as affectionately as he has absorbed it
(1 set of quotation marks, 1 period)
(18 words)

Binte is looking into the history of jazz, starting with New Orleans, which is often called the cradle of jazz
(1 set of quotation marks, 1 period)
(3 words)

W. C. Handy composed the first blues numbers, Memphis Blues and St. Louis Blues
(2 sets of quotation marks, 1 period)
(2 words; 3 words)

Other big names were Thomas Waller and Ferdinand LaMothe, known as Fats and Jelly Roll Morton
(2 sets of quotation marks, 1 period)
(1 word; 3 words)

Duke Ellington recorded a song called It Don’t Mean a Thing If It Ain’t Got That Swing, which ushered in the era known as swing
(2 sets of quotation marks, 1 period)
(11 words; 1 word)

Did you know Benny Goodman became known as the King of Swing
(1 set of quotation marks, 1 question mark)
(3 words)

Amiri will be talking about Langston Hughes, an African American writer who contributed to the era known as the Harlem Renaissance, which began in the 1920s.
(1 set of quotation marks)
(2 words)

Ninety percent of his poetry was written, in Hughes’s own words, to explain and illuminate the Negro condition in America
(1 set of quotation marks, 1 period)
(9 words)

Amiri’s favorite of Hughes’s poems is The Negro Speaks of Rivers
(1 set of quotation marks, 1 period)
(5 words)

I myself like Mother to Son, in which a mother tells her son, Life for me ain’t been no crystal stair
(2 sets of quotation marks, 1 period)
(3 words; 8 words)

James Baldwin wrote the long essay, The Fire Next Time, according to our teacher.
(1 set of quotation marks)
(4 words)

Baldwin helped create what is now called the protest novel
(1 set of quotation marks, 1 period)
(2 words)