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

Function: (used for possession)(used for contraction)(used as a quote mark)

Example: You can’t eat that whole pizza by yourself. 10. “ ” Quotation marks

Function: (used to quote something)

Example: “May I have the ribeye steak please,” said Thomas. 11. … Ellipsis

Function: (used to end a sentence)(used to remove something)

Example: Did you want to go eat inside or ... 12. [ ] Brackets

Function: (used to change something in a quote, you inserted something)

Example: Jack wondered, “Why are they [restaurant chefs] taking so long to cook our food?” 13. ( ) Parenthesis

Function: Parenthetical (Used to show something is important to know, but not necessary to know)

Example: The children loved baking (and eating) cookies. 14. / Backslash

Function: (used to indicate a choice)(used as and, or and per)

Example: The waiter makes $15/hour.

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.

Please list the rules of capitalization here: 1. Capitalize the names of proper nouns Example: Tim went to McDonald’s. 2. Capitalize the beginning of a sentence Example: The restaurant was very busy on Friday. 3. Capitalize titles Example: Gordon Ramsay’s Home Cooking book. 4. Capitalize cities, countries, states, nationalities and languages Example: Mastro’s steakhouse is located in Beverly Hills.

EX: (Used to begin a sentence) – Sadly for some, 11th grade is the year with the most high-stakes testing.