Colon Semicolon Dash or Hyphen

Caution ? Do not use near open flame.

• Colon

• Semicolon

• Hyphen

• Dash

You need several ingredients to make cookies ? butter, sugar, flour, and eggs.

• Colon

• Semicolon

• Hyphen

• Dash

Samson decided to get a part ? time job while he was still in school. 

• Colon

• Semicolon

• Hyphen

• Dash

Books, paper, pencils ? many students lacked the most basic classroom materials in nineteenth-century America.

• Colon

• Semicolon

• Dash

• Hyphen

It introduces information that defines, explains, or provides a list of what came before the colon.

• A colon (:)

• A semicolon (;)

• A hyphen (-)

• Brackets ([ ])

It joins two or more separate words into a single word.

• A dash (—)

• A semicolon (;)

• A hyphen (-)

• Parentheses (( ))

It sets off information that interrupts a thought.

• Brackets ([ ]

• A semicolon (;)

• A dash (—)

• A colon (:)

It joins related independent clauses to form compound sentences.

• Brackets ([ ])

• A semicolon (;)

• A dash (—)

• Parentheses (( ))

Which punctuation mark must be used on the line.

I could hear music ____what’s the name of that song?______floating through the open window.

Which punctuation mark must be used on the line.

I ordered a cheeseburger for lunch_____life’s too short for counting calories.

• A colon (:)

• A semicolon (;)

• A dash (—)

• Parentheses (( ))