The Food Book of Writing

Punctuation and Capitalization Punctuation – Identify the functions of each mark and create one (1) example sentence of the usage for each mark.

1. . Period Function: (Ends a sentence) (Provides an abbreviation) Example: This restaurant has the best Italian food.

2. , Comma Function: (Used to switch words around in a list) Example: My favorite desserts are ice cream, apple pie, and cake.

3. – Em dash Function: (used to draw emphasis) Example: Mastro’s—one of the best steakhouses—is located in Beverly Hills.

4. - En dash Function: (used to hyphenate words) Example: The menu has 10-12 breakfast items.

5. : Colon Function: (used for whatever comes after the colon is related to whatever comes before it) Example: The breakfast side options include:bacon, sausage, hash brown, and toast 6. ; Semicolon Function: (used to connect multiple independent clauses that are related) Example: This restaurant serves Mexican food;the restaurant across the street serves Chinese food.

7. ? Question mark Function: (used to end an interrogative sentence) Example: Does this restaurant serve any vegan options?

8. ! Exclamation point Function: (used to end an exclamatory sentence) Example: This is the best pizza I have ever had!

9. ‘ Apostrophe