Visual Text Clues

Visual Text Clues

Authors choose things like punctuation very carefully to help convey their meaning.

Readers need to use these clues to understand what they are reading.

Fill in the Blanks

This punctuation marks the end of a statement.

Fill in the Blanks

This punctuation marks the end of a question.

Fill in the Blanks

This punctuation marks the end of an exclamation.

Multiple Choice

A period, question mark, or exclamation point means I need to

• pause

• stop

Fill in the Blanks

This punctuation mark is used to separate items in a list or to join sentences together.

It means I should pause.

Fill in the Blanks

This punctuation mark joins two complete sentences.

It means I should pause.

Fill in the Blanks

This punctuation mark means what's written next is a list.

It means I should pause.

Fill in the Blanks

This punctuation marks shows an unfinished thought. It can also mean words were taken out of a quote.

It means I should pause.

Multiple Choice

The punctuation mark ... is called

• dot dot dot

• ellipsis

• three periods

Fill in the Blanks

This punctuation mark shows an interruption.

It means I shoud pause.

Multiple Choice

When - has a space on both sides, it's called a

• dash

• hyphen

Multiple Choice

When - is in between two words, like half-minute, it's called a

• dash

• hyphen

Multiple Choice

A comma, semicolon, colon, ellipsis, or dash mean that the reader needs to

• pause

• stop

Fill in the Blanks

This punctuation mark is used in contractions and to show ownnership (when used with s).

Fill in the Blanks

This punctuation mark shows that someone is talking.

Multiple Choice

This style of writing shows the text is:

Important

Thinking

Accent the word

Title of a book or movie

A different language

• bold

• italics

• underlined

Multiple Choice

This style of writing shows that the text is:

Important

Accent the word

Speak louder

• bold

• italics

• underlined

Multiple Choice

WHEN THE AUTHOR WRITES IN ALL CAPITALS, IT MEANS

• NOTHING.

• SHOUTING.

• TALKING.

• WHISPERING.