PUNCTUATION AND CAPITALIZATION

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PUNCTUATION AND CAPITALIZATION- 4 PARTS OF SPEECH- 7 PHRASES AND CLAUSES- 14 SENTENCES- 18 PARAGRAPHS- 23 ESSAYS- 30 ABOUT THE AUTHOR- 33

PUNCTUATION AND CAPITALIZATION

SECTION I

1. . Period (used to end a sentence or is used to abbreviate) EX: Gravity Falls is filled with mysteries. 2. , Comma (used to switch around words or groups of words in a sentence) EX: The main characters in Gravity Falls are Mabel Pines, Dipper Pines,

Grunkle Stan, Waddles, Ford Pines, and Gideon. 3. – Em dash (used to draw emphasis on something)

EX: Gravity Falls- a mystery cartoon- follows twins

Dipper and Mabel on their weird adventures. 4. - En Dash (used to hyphenate words) EX: Grunkle

Stan’s Mystery Shack was a well known touristtrap. 5 : Colon (used to connect whatever comes after it to the last word said) EX: Mabel surprised everyone back home with a special carnival prize: her new pet pig! 6 ; Semi-Colon (used to connect multiple independent clauses that are related) EX: The Pine twins found themselves stuck in time; but the time baby set them back where they were meant to be. 1

7 ? Question mark (used to end an interrogative sentence) EX: Gravity Fall fans wonder: Will there ever be a new season? 8 ! Exclamation Mark (used to end an emphasized sentence) EX: Bill Cipher is best known as the most powerful being in the multiverse! 9 ‘ Apostrophe (used to indicate possession/ownership, to contract a word, or as a quote mark) - Dipper Pine’s journal was found in his uncle's fake tree. 10 “ ” Quotation mark (used to indicate it came from somewhere else; a quote) EX: Out of many Old Man McGucket quotes, “You can run, but I’ll still be in your nightmares!” will always be my favorite. 11 ... Ellipses (Used to indicate that something is unsaid) Bill Ciphers “Weirdmageddon” was put to a stop by the Pine twins, or was it... 12 [ ] Brackets (Used to insert something not there before) EX: Grunkle Stan was always hesitant to pick up [Mabel’s Pig] Waddles.