Colon Semicolon Dash or Hyphen

Caution ? Do not use near open flame.

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

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

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

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

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

It sets off information that interrupts a thought.

It joins related independent clauses to form compound sentences.

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.

(a)  

Which punctuation mark must be used on the line.

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