Punctuation Terms and Definitions - FINAL REVIEW

Which puncutation is added at the end of a complete sentence to create a list?

• hyphen

• colon

• dash

• parentheses

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2B

Which puncutation mark is used to separate three or more items in a list?

• dash

• parentheses

• colon

• comma

Tags

CCSS.L.1.2C

CCSS.L.5.2A

CCSS.L.7.2A

Which puncutation mark can join two independent clauses?

• semicolon

• colon

• comma

• dash

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

Which puncutation mark is used to identify the source of quoted information?

• comma

• colon

• hyphen

• parentheses

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

Which puncutation mark is used to separate two adjectives that are describing the same noun when the adjectives can be flipped?

• comma

• colon

• hyphen

• dash

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2A

Which punctuation mark separates the day from the year?

• colon

• comma

• dash

• hyphen

Tags

CCSS.L.2.2B

CCSS.L.3.2B

CCSS.L.3.2C

CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.6.2A

Which punctuation mark is used in a business letter greeting?

• comma

• colon

• dash

• parentheses

Tags

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Which punctuation mark is used to create a word break or to write out fractions as words?

• hyphen

• comma

• colon

• semicolon

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2A

Which punctuation mark separates hours from minutes?

• parentheses

• semicolon

• colon

• comma

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2B

Which puncutation mark is used with a FANBOYS conjunction to create a compound sentence?

• semicolon

• colon

• comma

• dash

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A