Pen Commandments 4 - Punctuation
Authored by Ginger Seay
English
9th - 12th Grade
CCSS covered
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
This chapter is about how many punctuation marks?
5
10
11
17
Tags
CCSS.L.1.2B
CCSS.L.4.3B
CCSS.L.K.2B
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
William Zinsser is talking about which mark when he says "most people don't reach it soon enough" ?
Period
Comma
Exclamation Mark
Dash
Tags
CCSS.RL.2.6
CCSS.RL.8.3
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How many spaces after a period if you're typing? [says Frank. Says me.]
1
2
3
4
Tags
CCSS.L.1.2B
CCSS.L.5.2
4.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The period is used in which of the following situations?
end of a declarative sentence
in abbreviations
ellipses
to connect two sentences
Tags
CCSS.L.1.2B
CCSS.L.5.2
5.
MULTIPLE SELECT QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
How do you know you need a comma?
If you're Hemingway - Only when you have to.
If you're Dickens, Austen, or White you can feel them
If you're overeager - everywhere
If you're unsure - skip it
Tags
CCSS.L.6.2A
CCSS.L.4.2C
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which punctuation mark does he rename "calm-a"?
period
comma
semicolon
question mark
Tags
CCSS.L.1.2B
CCSS.L.5.2
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The French call this "point- vergule" meaning period-comma (stronger than a comma but weaker than a period).
period
comma
semi-colon
ellipses
Tags
CCSS.L.9-10.2A
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