Punctuation and Capitalization Punctuation – Identify the function and create one (1) example sentence of the uses for each mark. 1. . used in at the end of sentence/ in an abrivieation Ex) Hardin was preparing me for our test on Monday. 2. , can be used in groups or single Ex) Do you want burgers, pizza, or tacos. 3. – (em dash) used to drag attention Ex) My favorite genre of book is-romance. 4. - (en dash) used to hyphenate. Ex) Take-out. 5. : is used to indicate that whatever comes after it has to be directly related to what came before it. It can introduce a list or introduce an explanation or example. Ex) Some of my favorite things to do: going to the movies, going to amusement parks, reading romance novels, and going shopping. 6. ; (semi-collon) used to separate independent and dependent clauses. Ex) The student practiced their writing; for tommarows assignment. 7. ? interrogative sentence Ex) What’s his problem? 8. ! exclamatory sentence Ex) I can’t wait for Friday’s game! 9. ‘ apostrophe. Also indicates possession Ex) It’s good. 10. “ ” quotation marks whenever your referring something from another sources- interperate Ex) He said it was “lively.” 11. … ellipses something left unsaid/or think about it Ex) the teacher wished the students a happy … weekend. 12. [ ] brackets is to insert something. Ex) The teacher wished the students a day before the [three-day] weekend.
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