Julius Caesar Semicolons Review

Semicolons & Commas Review

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Semicolons can be used to combine two complete sentences.

Example

• Mrs. Janke teaches literature; Mr. Claerbaut teaches history.

• The Iliad is an epic; it has an epic hero named Achilles.

Multiple Choice

Where would you add punctuation in the following sentence?

One conflict is between the commoners and the nobles another conflict is between those who support Caesar and those who do not.

• A comma after "commoners"

• A semicolon after "nobles"

• A semicolon after "commoners"

• A comma after "nobles"

Multiple Choice

Where would you add punctuation in the following sentence?

The play Julius Caesar was written with Londoners in mind for the social and political conflicts of early Rome had parallels to conflicts in Shakespeare's England.

• Comma after "social"

• Semicolon after "social"

• Comma after "mind"

• Semicolon after "mind"

Semicolons can be used to combine two complete sentences WITH a transitional adverb.

• The Iliad tells the story of the Trojan War; however, it does not tell why the war began.

Multiple Choice

Where would you add punctuation in the following sentence?

Some scholars believe Shakespeare wrote the play partially to express his worry that Queen Elizabeth I's impending death could bring about civil war to their country however, others disagreed with this idea.

• Comma after "country"

• Comma after "war"

• Semicolon after "country"

• Semicolon after "war"

Multiple Choice

Where would you add punctuation in the following sentence?

Neither of them had an heir, and in the event of a sudden death, chaos may ensue Shakespeare's worry is reflected when Caesar is assassinated and war breaks out in Rome.

• Comma after "ensue"

• Comma after "reflected"

• Semicolon after "ensue"

• Semicolon after "reflected"

Multiple Choice

Where would you add punctuation in the following sentence?

Julius Caesar is grouped with his tragedies though some scholars list it as a history due to its historical content.

• Comma after "tragedies"

• Semicolon after "tragedies"

• Comma after "history"

• Semicolon after "history"

Semicolons can be used as a super-comma when commas are already being used to add additional information about an item in a list.

• I went on vacation with my sister, Becky; my husband, Ryan; my oldest son, Finn; and my youngest son, Cole.

• The Iliad, a poem by Homer; the Aeneid, by Virgil; and the Metamorphoses, a text written by Ovid, are all read in Mrs. Janke's World Literature class.