Punctuation Marks

Choose the sentence with the correct capitalization and punctuation.

• He just finished reading the novel over the rainbow.

• He just finished reading the novel OVER THE RAINBOW.

• He just finished reading the novel Over the Rainbow.

• He just finished reading the novel “Over The Rainbow.”

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Have you ever seen the play steel magnolias?

• Have you ever seen the play Steel Magnolias?

• Have you ever seen the play “Steel Magnolias”?

• Have you ever seen the play Steel-magnolias?

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The poem the road not taken by Robert Frost is short but very powerful

• The poem THE ROAD NOT TAKEN by Robert Frost is short, but very powerful.

• The poem The Road Not Taken by Robert Frost is short, but very powerful.

• The poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost is short, but very powerful.

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He was a well known designer and artist.

• He was a “well known” designer and artist.

• He was a well—known designer and artist.

• He was a well-known designer and artist.

In the following sentence, where does a hyphen need added: Yesterday, my cousin turned twenty five.

• yester-day

• twenty-five.

• my-cousin

Choose the sentence with the correct capitalization and punctuation.

The cat fat and lazy slept on the sofa as the mouse ran by

• The cat fat and lazy slept on the sofa as the mouse ran by

• The cat—fat and lazy—slept on the sofa as the mouse ran by

• The cat "fat and lazy" slept on the sofa as the mouse ran by

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The only magazine my mother reads is rolling stone.

• The only magazine my mother reads is "rolling stone".

• The only magazine my mother reads is Rolling Stone.

• The only magazine my mother reads is Rolling Stone.

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We get the new york times delivered to our door.

• We get The New York Times delivered to our door.

• We get The New York Times delivered to our door.

• We get "The New York Times" delivered to our door.

What is used to show a sudden break in a sentence, to emphasize a word or clause, and to show that someone's speech is being interrupted?

• dash

• hyphen

• quotation marks

What is used to divide words at the end of a line and to form compound words?

• comma

• hyphen

• dash