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Italics and Quotations with Special Words- 

Exercise 1

After each special word or phrase, select the button indicating whether the word or phrase should be in italics or quotation marks.

When finished, select Check My Work to see the correct answers.

1.  Why do men think that commitment (italics quotation marks) is a scary word?

2.  I often heard the greeting bonjour (italics quotation marks) while walking down the streets of Paris.

3.  My two-year-old just learned how to drive (italics quotation marks) his miniature plastic truck.

4.  In mathematics, the Pythagorean theorem (italics quotation marks) is a relation in  geometry among the three sides of a right triangle.

5.  The word rock (italics quotation marks) has more than one meaning.

6.  His modus operandi (italics quotation marks) is chronic lateness to every appointment.

7.  Current rap artists are often known by the amount of bling (italics quotation marks) they flash in their pictures.

8.  Black mayonnaise (italics quotation marks) is now the accepted term for sludge covering the bottom of a harbor.

9.  Uncle Jack's profession (italics quotation marks) of laziness has steadily grown since he was laid off at the plant.

10.  Interferential Stimulation(italics quotation marks), used for pain management in physical therapy sessions, has a 90% success rate.