NAVIGATION:
Index of Introduction to Poetry Materials
Index of Dr. Weller's Class Materials
Conquering Common Writing Errors
A collection of recommended links
Page on quotations
at the Writing Center of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
The sections entitled "How do I set up and follow up a quotation?" and "How do I embed a quotation into a sentence?" are particularly useful.
Formatting Quotations at OWL
All citations in papers about literature have to be in MLA format, and the rules do not allow any leeway for creativity. In short, don't make it up! Do look it up!
Bitter Discourse on putting quotation marks around quotations
Rules for Finding and Fixing Pronoun Agreement Errors
The sections on indefinite pronouns and on collective nouns address problems that are all too common.
Wikipedia: Comma Splice
"Apostrophes" at GrammarBook.com
is a good resource on those pesky critters.
The Punctuation Guide: Ellipses
... don't do this ...
On the use of the word "quote."