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Semicolons

Authored by Elizabeth Kuhnell

English

10th - 11th Grade

CCSS covered

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Semicolons
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

A semicolon looks like this

:

;

#

*

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

What do we call the punctuation with a dot on top of a comma?

colon

transition

semicolon

fanboy

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

A semicolon is used to...

separate two clauses

connect to a fanboy

separate transition words

connect two independent clauses

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

Which formula is CORRECT when writing a sentence using a semicolon?

IC ; transition word, IC.

IC, Fanboy, IC.

IC, transition word; IC.

IC ; fanboy, IC.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

True or False: A semicolon needs a transition word after it.

True

False

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

6.

FILL IN THE BLANK QUESTION

1 min • 5 pts

Independent clause _________ transition word _____ independent clause.

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

30 sec • 5 pts

In order to use a semicolon, you need to make sure that both independent clauses...

are dependent

are closely related in topic

are long enough

are completely different topics

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2A

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