Punctuation Review 2023

I have found the following to be most helpful in school^ a college dictionary, a thesaurus, and a pocket calculator.

• colon

• quotation marks

• hyphen

• semi-colon

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2B

Ed and Jim’s essays were both titled ^What’s Wrong with Our City.^

• Parentheses

• Colons

• Quotation Marks

• Apostrophes

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

Fred Astaire was a well^respected and talented entertainer.

• Dash

• Colon

• Apostrophe

• Hyphen

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2A

“Keep off the grass” ^ this was the typical warning at the posh estate.

• Semi-colon

• Dash

• Apostrophe

• Hyphen

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

To raise money for the American Cancer Society, the girl^s soccer team and the boy^s lacrosse team collected returnable soda cans.

• Hyphen

• Colon

• Apostrophe

• Semi-colon

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2A

^Where in the world,^ asked Lauren, ^does all this soot come from?^

• Parentheses

• Quotation Marks

• Apostrophes

• Dashes

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

Marilyn is an all^around athlete.

• Colon

• Semi-colon

• Dash

• Hyphen

Tags

CCSS.L.9-10.2B

Sarah wanted to go outside^ it was raining really hard.

• Colon

• Dash

• Semi-Colon

• Hyphen

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2A

The only way that Frank ^the class clown^ got taken seriously is if he got hurt.

• Apostrophe

• Hyphens

• Parentheses

• Colons

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2A

Among the writers in America today, he ^ Galway Kimmell ^ has earned his reputation as an outstanding poet.

• Colons

• Quotation Marks

• Apostrophes

• Dashes

Tags

CCSS.L.2.2C

CCSS.L.1.1B

CCSS.L.3.2D