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What is a colon?

• a punctuation mark that is used to divide a sentence. The colon resembles two dots positioned vertically (:). The colon has a variety of uses, some of which include introducing a list, introducing an explanation, introducing a quote, and connecting two related sentences.

• a form of punctuation used to end a declarative sentence.

• a form of punctuation used to end a declarative sentence.

• is a punctuation mark that can be used to replace commas, parentheses, colons, and semicolons

What is a long dash?

• signal the end of a complete sentence

• tells readers to pause and is used to separate information that is not essential for understanding a sentence from the rest of the sentence.

• the most important city or town of a country or region, usually its seat of government and administrative center.

• when you ask a question

Match the following

• --

• colon

• .

• period

• !

• comma

• ,

• exclamation point

• :

• long dash

List 1 way to read fluently.

Is the excerpt 2 from "Life in the Ocean" a first hand account or a second hand account?

• first hand

• secon hand

Draw what you visualized while listening to Life in the Ocean