Question

which words should be followed by a comma, including the oxford comma? select the two that apply.

the literature students had to read novels short stories and poetry.

answer
novels
short
stories

Explanation:

🆕 New Concept Discovered: Commas in a Series
Separating three or more items in a list.

Step 1: Identify the items in the list

The sentence contains a list of three distinct types of literature that the students had to read:

1. novels
2. short stories
3. poetry

Step 2: Apply comma rules for a series

When listing three or more items in a sentence, we separate them with commas.

• Place a comma after the first item: novels
• Place a comma (the Oxford comma) after the second item, right before the coordinating conjunction "and": stories (from "short stories")

This gives us:
"The literature students had to read novels, short stories, and poetry."

Answer:

• novels
• stories