Yay! Boo-yah! Wow! It's time for another dose of nostalgia. This oldie but goodie from Grammar Rock explains how to use interjections to show excitement or emotion. They're generally set apart from a sentence by an exclamation point or by a comma when the feeling's not as strong.
Showing posts with label dialogue. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dialogue. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Taking it Old School: Interjections! by Grammar Rock
Yay! Boo-yah! Wow! It's time for another dose of nostalgia. This oldie but goodie from Grammar Rock explains how to use interjections to show excitement or emotion. They're generally set apart from a sentence by an exclamation point or by a comma when the feeling's not as strong.
Labels:
dialogue,
exclamation points,
interjections
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Taking it Old School: John Leguizamo Raps About Quotation Marks
Wow, talk about a blast from the past. Long before fast-talking John Leguizamo voiced Sid in the Ice Age movies, he made a guest appearance on The Electric Company, the 1970s children's show produced by the Children's Television Workshop. This winningly retro lesson features the actor rapping about how to use quotation marks to punctuate dialogue.
Labels:
celebrities,
commas,
dialogue,
quotation marks
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