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. The period is used to end a sentence. Ex: The book covers a period of two hundred years. , Comma, used to separate grammatical components of a sentence. Ex: I was so cold, so I put my hat on. – Em Dash, can take the place of commas, parenthesis, or colons. Ex: You are the friend-the only friend who offered to help me. - En Dash, used to represent a span or range of numbers, dates, or time. Ex: You could choose two numbers from 1-50 : Colon, used to introduce a list of items. Ex: She kept repeating:” I want that car!” ; Semicolon, used between two independent clauses when a coordinating conjunction is omitted. Ex: We had too many fumbles; we lost the game. ? Question mark, used at the end of a direct question. Ex: What level am I on? ! Exclamation point, used to indicate strong feelings or to show emphasis. Ex: What a beautiful day! ‘ Apostrophe, used for contractions, plurals, and possessive pronouns. Ex: It’s raining outside “ ” Quote mark, used to indicate material that is being reproduced word for word. Ex:” When will you be here?”, he asked … Ellipses can be used to represent a trailing off of thought. Ex: I was running... [ ] Brackets allow the insertion of editorial material inside quotations. Ex: Wear both [thermal and socks] ( ) Parentheses allow a writer to provide additional information. Ex: I bought a gift for you (and two for me) / Slash serves as a shorthand for and. Ex: Each guest must present his/her ticket before entry.
EX: Comma (used to switch words around in a list) – Students at Bravo can freely choose between AP World History, AP US History, AP Government, and AP European History.
Capitalization – Identify and create one (1) example sentence for each rule of capitalization. 1. Please list the rules of capitalization here: 1) -Capitalize the First Word of a Sentence Ex: The museum has a new butterfly exhibit. 2) -Capitalize Names and Other Proper Nouns Ex: High school students use iPods for learning purposes. 3) -Don’t Capitalize After a Colon Ex: She has a passion: cycling EX: (Used to begin a sentence) – Sadly for some, 11th grade is the year with the most high-stakes testing.
