Punctuation

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Punctuation

• When you speak, nobody hears it,
• Its just there when you talk.
• In writing, you have to show it

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End Punctuation

• That which goes at the
• End of a Sentence.
• Really!?!?

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The Period

• The period is used at the end of a sentence
• Billy the frog lived in a bog.
• It is also used at the end of a polite command
• Please ask Billy to take a shower.

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? The Question Mark

• The question mark is used at the end of an
  interrogative sentence
• Whats up?
• Should we interrogate the suspect?
• Did you cash your paycheck?
• Will you loan me ten bucks?

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! The Exclamation Point

• The exclamation point is used at the end of a
  sentence to show surprise or shock
• Look out, were going to crash!
• It is also used after an exclamatory word (called
  an interjection)
• Cowabunga! Its Testosterone Man!

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Middle Punctuation

• Which goes in the
• Middle of a Sentence.
• Well, duh!

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The commaThe 6 main uses
,

• To separate items in a series
• To set off introductory words
• To set off words in apposition

• Between two complete thoughts using and, or, for,
  but, so, etc
• To set off a direct quotation
• For everyday stuff

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The Comma - 1
,

• Use 1 To set off items in a series
• Willy used a hammer, saw, and nails in his work.
• Bottles, wrappers, and butts littered the floor.
• Use 2 To set off introductory words
• Carefully, the surgeon drilled into the brain.
• Hello, whats this?
  
• Use 3 For words in apposition
• The man, a very old one, walked slowly away.
• Sarah, our new classmate, talks a mile a minute.

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The comma - 2
,

• Use 4 Between two complete thoughts using and,
  but, for, or, nor, so, yet.
• The crew mutinied, so I jumped ship
• I went home, but my brother stayed at the party.
• Use 5 To set off a direct quotation
• Well, Juanito, she said, I guess the answer is
  yes.
• Use 6 For everyday stuff
• Please, sir, can you loan me a quarter?
• Okay, Rebecca, you can have your own way.
• Please, can I have my motorcycle back?

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The semicolonThe super-comma

• The semicolon shows a stronger pause than a comma
  and has three uses
• Joins two complete thoughts without a connecting
  word-
• The chemistry lab exploded Professor Garcia was
  fired.
• Joins two complete thoughts with a transitional
  word-
• He spoke for hours however, he made no sense.
• Separates items in a series which have commas-
• This fall I wont have to work on Labor Day,
  September 7 Veterans Day, November 11 or
  Thanksgiving Day, November 26.

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The colon

• The colon is a way of introduction. It is used to
  introduce a list
• He had three options pull over, slow down or
  speed up.
• To introduce a long quotation
• Isabels paper was based on a quote from the Lord
  of the Rings When Frodo and Sam entered the
  caveGollum followed them, but behind Gollum,
  there lurked Shelob.
• To introduce an explanation
• There are three ways to do this job the right
  way, the wrong way and the army way.
• Also, it is used between the hour and minute when
  writing time 430am 1245pm

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Special Punctuation

• That which does a specialized job

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Quotation Marks

• Quotation marks are used when you directly quote
  another persons speech-
• Carmen told me, You have a face only a mother
  could love.
• I know, he said, thank you for reminding me.
• Do not use quote marks in an indirect quote-
• Tomas said that his car was re-possessed.

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The Apostrophe
'

• The apostrophe has two uses
• First, in contractions
• Im youre well theyd youll arent
  etc
• Second, to show possession
• Janies book Robbies bike The Suarezs house

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The dash or hyphen
-

• The dash is used in sentences to show special
  emphasis
• The old man a particularly surly one liked to
  chase the children with a stick.
• The hyphen is used two ways to join words that
  act together
• A white-gloved waiter a long-suffering
  wife
• To divide long words at the end of a line
• He was the last of his kind, a throwback to a
  for-
• gotten time.

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Capital Letters

• Capital letters have two uses
• The first word in a sentence-
• I know youre right.
• Why do you have to be so ugly?
• Proper nouns and adjectives-
• Tommy McAllen, Texas Chevrolet HEB
  Hernandez Mexican American Texan
  African Australian etc