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PUNCTUATION REVIEW
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• A conjunction is a word that connects words, phrases, or clauses in a sentence.
• A coordinating conjunction is used connect similar words or groups of words. Some example of coordinating conjunctions are: and, but, or, nor, and yet.
CONJUNCTIONS
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• An interjection is a word or phrase that expresses a strong sudden emotion such as happiness, disgust, pain, amazement, sadness and so on. They are usually set off in a sentence with an exclamation point.
• Some common interjections are: Oops!, Wow!, Hooray!, Yikes!
INTERJECTIONS
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• Exclamation points are used after exclamatory words and interjections that express strong emotion.
• A question mark is used at the end of a question.
EXCLAMATION POINTS AND QUESTION MARKS
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• Periods are used at the end of declarative and imperative sentences.
• They are used with abbreviations of names, titles, addresses, time and units of measure.
• Periods are NOT used in metric measures or in postal abbreviations for states.
PERIODS
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• Commas are used to separate words or groups of words in a series. We study math, science, geography, and social studies.
• To set off parts of dates, addresses, and geographic locations.
• To set off appositive phrases. John, our neighbor, has moved to Phoenix, Arizona.
• To separate clauses of a compound sentence connected by coordinating conjunctions.
• To set off direct quotations. “Marcos took my paper,” said Tim.
COMMAS
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• Semicolons are used to separate the clauses of compound sentences when they are not separated by coordinating conjunctions.
• To separate items in a series when the items themselves contain commas.
• We visited Phoenix, Arizona; San Diego, California; and Albuquerque, New Mexico.
SEMICOLONS
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• A colon is used for the salutation of a business letter.• Dear Professor Reed:• Before a list of items.• Please pack the following: sleeping bag, pillow,
toothbrush and toothpaste.• A colon is never used after a verb.
COLONS
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• Quotation marks are placed before and after every complete quotation, and every part of a divided quotation.
• “I am going to the mall after school today.” Arianna said.• “ I am going to the mall,” Arianna said, “I need to finish my
Christmas shopping.”• A question mark or exclamation point is placed outside of an end
quotation mark when it is part of the entire sentence.• Who said, “I’ll be back in a minute”?• Quotation marks are used to set off titles of songs, poems,
articles and T.V. series.• “The Walking Dead” • Titles of books, movies, plays, and operas are printed in italics
and when hand-written are underlined.
QUOTATION MARKS
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• Apostrophes are used to show possession• In contractions• To show the plural of lowercase letters
APOSTROPHES
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• Hyphens are used in compound numbers from twenty-one and ninety-nine when they are written out.
• In compound terms: sister-in-law, drive-in• To break words into syllables. Lo-co-mo-tive
HYPHENS
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• Capital letters are used as the first letter in a sentence and the pronoun I .
• First letter of a direct quotation• With a proper noun or proper adjective• Principal words in a title• First words in poems and songs
CAPITALIZATION