Punctuation Review Commas, semicolons, colons, hyphens, dashes, ellipses, slashes, and apostrophes.
Quotations, colons, semicolons
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Quotations, colons, semicolons
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Quotation Marks
• He screamed, “Freedom!”• “Freedom!” he screamed. • “I want freedom,” replied Braveheart
to the king.
• “I think you should,” said John as his voice got sterner, “leave now.”
Quotation Marks (Single)
• A quote inside of a quote– Example• “ ‘Let there be light,’ spoke God.”
Exercise
• “Holy cow, Batman!” exclaimed Robin.
Holy cow, batman!
Exercise
• “Batman watch…” Robin told Batman, his voice get-ting louder, “OUT!”
• “Batman watch…” screamed Robin, his voice getting louder, “OUT!”
Batman watch… OUT!
Exercise
• Robin asked, “Did you say, ‘I’m going to the bathroom’?”
Batman, did you say, “I’m going to the bathroom?”
Exercise
• Robin stated, “Batman, I’m getting hungry.”
• “Batman, I’m getting hungry,” stated Robin.Batman, I’m getting
hungry.
Colons
• When you are making a list:– There were three things that he feared
the most: fire, dogs, and his father. – The sentence that comes before the
colon should be a full sentence.
• For compound sentences– covered next class
Exercise
• Shopping list of things we need– potatoes– onions– oranges– rice– kimchi
Semicolons
• As a type of supercomma– Their trip involved 4 destinations: Miami,
Florida; New York, New York; and Los Angeles, California.
–What if we didn’t use a semi-colon• Their trip involved 4 destinations: Miami,
Florida, New York, New York, and Los Ange-les, California.
• To emphasize the connection be-tween two independent clauses– covered next class
Exercise
• Capital cities
DC in the United States Seoul in South Korea
Beijing in China
Exercise
• Things that happened– I ate my lunch.– She came to my house.–We went for a walk.