Vocabulary

English Vocabulary

Zaria Wilkerson

Punctuation

• The marks, such as Period. Comma, Parenthesis ( ), used in writing to separate sentences, and clarify meaning.

Period (Full Stop .)

Marks the end of a sentence.

Example: My name's Daniel.

Question Mark ( ? )

Shows that a question is being asked.

Example: Where are you from?

Comma ( , )

joins two or more ideas. in a sentence or separates item in a series.

Example: She is a clever ,healthy woman.

Exclamation Mark ( ! )

indicates the end of a dramatic sentence or statement.

Example: Stop! Don't put your hand in the Fire!

Quotation Mark ( " )

indicates direct speach, exact words spoken or written.

Example: "I like football," said Mateo.

Semi Colon ( ; )

links two clauses of equal importance. Also separates items on a list if a comma is used.

Example: The expedition maybe on or off; it depends on the whether.

Apostrophe ( ' )

is used to show ownership or that a letter is missing.

Example: The rabbit's tail is black.

Parenthesis ( )

are used to enclose extra information that is separate from the main sentence or statement.

Example: Jimmy (Mom's son) had a baby.

Dashes ( --- )

are used to enclose extra information from the main sentence or statement. it is about 3 times the length of an hyphen.

Example: All the ingredients---tomatoes, basil an onion---

Hyphen ( - )

used to join words together it can join words that are linked such as compound adjectives and prefixes to root words.

Example: she's an award-winning author.