Punctuation – Identify the functions of each mark and create one (1) example sentence of the usage for each mark. 1. . Period: Used to mark the end of a sentence 2. , Comma: phrases on either side can be switched 3. – Em Dash: Used to draw attention 4. - En Dash: used to connect words (hyphenate) 5. : Colon: What comes next 6. ; Semicolon: before 7. ? Question Mark: Interrogative sentence 8. ! Exclamation mark: Exclamatory sentence 9. ‘ Apostrophe: indicate ownership (contraction) (quote mark) 10. “ ” Quotation Marks: quote 11. … Ellipsis: Something unsaid 12. [ ] Brackets: To insert something 13. ( ) Perencthis: parenthetical useful to know 14. / Back Slash: indicated a choice
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