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punctuation

Presented by Stephanie and


Aengellainne
what Is it?
> Borrowed from Medieval Latin "punctuatio" ("a marking with point, a
writing, agreement")

> the act or practice of inserting standardized marks or signs in written


matter to clarify the meaning and separate structural units 

> In written English, punctuation is vital to disambiguate the meaning of


sentences. 
the chaos

Dearest creature in creation study English pronunciation I will teach you in


my verse Sounds like corpse corps horse and worseI will keep you Suzy busy
Make your head with heat grow dizzy Tear in eye your dress will tear So
shall I Oh hear my prayer just compare heart beard and heard Dies and diet
lord and word Sword and sward retain and Britain Mind the latter how its
written Now I surely will not plague you With such words as plaque and
ague But be careful how you speak Say break and steak but bleak and
streak Cloven oven how and low Script receipt show poem
and toe
Spot the difference

i ii

Let's cook Let's cook,


grandma. grandma.
the power of punctuation

"A woman without her man is nothing"

All of the males in the class wrote


"A woman without her man, is nothing."

All of the females in the class wrote


"A woman: without her, man is nothing."
5 categories
Sentence endings:
Apostrophe, quotation
period, question mark,
marks, and ellipsis
exclamation point

Comma, colon, and Brackets, braces, and


semicolon parentheses

Hyphen and Dash


period .

Every declaration or sentence must be with a period or


full stop

Ex. We have a meeting at 2 pm


She wants to go to beach
exclamation mark!

Use exclamation mark at the end of a sentence to


express excitement, strong emotion, or a sense of urgency

Ex. Hurry up, we're running late!


"I can't wait to see you tonight!"
question mark ?

Every question or inerrogative sentence must end with a


question mark

Ex. What do you want?


Will you attend Antonnet's birthday party??
comma ,
Use a comma to separate items on a series of three or more things
Ex. I love coffee and tea
I want to visit India, Japan, and Korea

Use a comma to separate 2 independent clauses when they are joined


with conjunctions such as for, and nor, but, or, and etc.
Ex. The food is good, but it's too expensive.

Use a comma to separate two or more adjectives describing a noun


Ex. Meg lives in an eerie, secluded house with her cat
semi colon ;
Use the semicolon to separate the independent clauses, then slip in a
transitional phrase and comma after the semicolon.
Ex. My dad's birthday is today; however, I haven't bought a present yet.

Use a semi colon to connect two independent clauses that are closely
related to the meaning
Ex. I missed the bus; I guess I'm walking to school
The two sentences may be independent clauses but the semicolon connects
them for a smoother slow
colon :
Use a colon to introduce a list of sentence, separate independent clauses, and show
emphasis.

Separate independent clauses: Our committee received the board's


recommendation: Finalize the budget tonight!

Emphasis: The weapon to defeat the beast was something nobody expected: love.

Introduce a list of sentence: You will need to bring three things to the party: some
food, something to drink, and a small gift for the hostess.
hyphen - j

Hyphens are always used to connect two separate


word elements to form a compound word. Word
elements include standard English words, prefixes,
suffixes, single letters, and numbers
hyphen - j

1. Join two or more independent words to turn them into a single adjective before a noun
2. Join three or more independent words to turn them into a complex compound word
3. Write out the last two place values (in the ten and one columns) of a compound number.
4. Avoid confusion between similar-sounding words or stop two or more identical letters from
being placed next to each other.
5. Attach the prefixes ex-, self-, and all-.
6. Attach the suffix -elect
7. Attach any prefix to a capitalized word
8. Attach singular letters to words or letters to numbers
activity: hyphen

i ii

Her mother in law The beautiful


would be staying gold artifact dated
in the other back to the pre
bedroom. Columbian era
en dash –
The en dash is longer than a hyphen. It is mainly used
between dates to mark a span of time. However, if you
have a two-word adjective phrase that must be connected
to a noun, an en dash is used instead of a hyphen to
create a variant of the compound adjective

1. Specify time ranges


2. Join two-word adjective phrases to a single noun
em dash —
Em dashes are most often used in pairs to call a reader’s
attention to the material they set off, making words, phrases, or
clauses particularly dramatic or emotional.

1. Introduce em more detail at the end of a sentence without


using a colon or semicolon.
2. Introduce a detail in the middle of a sentence
3. Emphasize a list already separated by commas
4. Mark a sudden change in a sentence’s tone
activity: dashes

i ii

He insisted on a She was excited to go


Middle Ages to the concert until
themed birthday she learned that her ex
party was also going.
brackets []
Brackets are punctuation marks that are used to enclose words,
phrases, or information that is added to a sentence. 4 types:{<(

1. To add ideas to an original text


2. For clarification
3. to add extra information
4. to indicate words that have been left out or misspelled
5. To add information within parentheses
brackets ()
Parentheses usually contain extra information that is not
essential to the sentence. Thus, the sentence should still make
sense if we omit the parentheses.
1. to give more information
2. to show personal opinions/comments
3. for abbreviation
4. to set off numbers and letter
5. to give options
6. in academic papers
activity: brackets

i ind ii dir

She the sister of There were fifteen


the girl was feeling dead people because
jealous of choking.
quotation marks " '

(also known as quotes or inverted commas) Quotation marks are


used to represent exact written or spoken language from
another individual. Quotation marks also set off the titles of
poems, short stories, and articles. Certain words or phrases can
also be given special meaning with the use of quotation marks.

1. Direct Speech
2. Quotations
3. Titles
apostrophe '

used to indicate possession or to show that


some letters have been omitted from a word.

1. Possession
2. Contraction
3. Plural letters/numbers
activity

Quotation Marks Apostrophe

Clean your room, All were saved


said my mom. by Jesus death.
ellipses ...
An ellipsis occurs when a word or a group of words is
deliberately left out of a sentence. Ellipses can be marked
or unmarked

1. Gapping
2. Pseudogapping
3. Stripping
4. Verb phrase Ellipsis
5. Noun phrase Ellipsis
Thank
You

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