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10 Punctuation Symbols
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English
7th Grade
04/18/2011

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Period "."
Definition
end stop for a complete sentence
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Comma ","
Definition
separates a series of items or splits clauses and phrases or creates pauses in a sentence
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Colon ":"
Definition
precedes a formal statement; introduces a list
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Semicolon ";"
Definition
separates two complete sentences that are so closely linked it adds power to use them in a single sentence or for a transition
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Parentheses "()"
Definition
placed around incidental, explanatory information not critical to the sentence
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Quotation Marks " "
Definition
placed around direct comments
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Exclamation Point "!"
Definition
shows strong emotion
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Em Dash "--"
Definition
signals an abrupt break in thought or sentence construction
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Hyphen "-"
Definition
used to divide words or to connect some compound nouns
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Apostrophe "'"
Definition
shows ownership; used in contractions for missing letter
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