Which is punctuated correctly? 1. Ingrid the best pitcher on the team is pitching today.

2. Ingrid, the best pitcher on the team is pitching, today.

3. Nora, our coach, is leading the warm-ups.

4. Nora our coach, is leading the warm-ups.

Read the passage adapted from aesop’s fables. what is the theme of the story?

Once you have finished revising your peer’s essay, continue to demonstrate your understanding of grammar and punctuation by writing an essay containing all of the grammatical concepts outlined above. your essay should be short, just 250 words, and it can be written on any subject. it should contain an example of parallel structure, an example of every type of phrase and clause outlined in this lesson, an example of two independent clauses connected by a semicolon, and an example of a colon. if you are struggling to come up with an idea for an essay, consider writing it about the themes present in one of the texts you have read already.

Write one paragraph that evaluates the effectiveness of jack zipes's essay