Punctuation vocabulary

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English
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6th Grade
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Francesca Capelli
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Signals the end of sentences
Guides reading with symbols ? ! .
end marks
commas
hyphens
apostrophes
Tags
CCSS.L.6.6
CCSS.L.7.6
CCSS.RI.5.4
CCSS.W.6.2D
CCSS.W.7.2D
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Reasons when to use-- Series or list; Intro word or direct names
Prepositional phrases; ED or ING up front
Interruption; Transitions; Appositives non-essential
end marks
hyphens
semicolons
commas
Tags
CCSS.L.6.6
CCSS.RI.5.4
CCSS.W.5.2D
CCSS.W.6.2D
CCSS.W.7.2D
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Reasons when to use--Before FANBOYS when they join compound sentences;
After SWABIs when they introduce a clause; and
Set off non-essential adjectives clauses (who, whom, whose, which, that)
end marks
commas
colons
dashes
Tags
CCSS.L.6.6
CCSS.L.7.6
CCSS.RI.5.4
CCSS.W.5.2D
CCSS.W.6.2D
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Reasons when to use--Before FANBOYS when joining simple sentences;
After greeting/closing of letters; and To prevent misreading
end marks
apostrophes
commas
italics
Tags
CCSS.L.6.6
CCSS.RI.5.4
CCSS.W.5.2D
CCSS.W.6.2D
CCSS.W.7.2D
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Reasons when to use--
Dates
City, state
Degrees
Too = also
Quotes
Letters
Prevent misreading
end marks
commas
dashes
quotation marks
Tags
CCSS.RI.4.10
CCSS.RI.5.10
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Use to join parts of a compound sentence without and, or, but
or Join long main clauses
or Separate clauses with transitions
end marks
commas
semicolons
colons
Tags
CCSS.L.6.6
CCSS.L.7.6
CCSS.RI.5.4
CCSS.W.6.2D
CCSS.W.7.2D
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Use to introduce a list that ends a sentence,
separate time ( hour & minute),
and after greeting in a business letter.
end marks
commas
semicolons
colons
Tags
CCSS.RI.4.10
CCSS.RI.5.10
CCSS.RI.6.4
CCSS.RI.7.4
CCSS.RI.8.4
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