- used to mark the end of a sentence - used to indicate an abbreviation - used as an ellipsis or when the writer wants to indicate that only part of the sentence or thought is present - used after a single word to show emphasis or a important thought

4 I's: Introducer, Interruptor, Items in a series, and IC, cc IC

- used to express exasperation, astonishment, or surprise, or to emphasize a comment or short, sharp phrase - Also be used to mark a phrase as humorous, ironic, or sarcastic

- used at the end of a direct question to a person, never for a reported question Ex: Do you like to shop?

- used to expand on a sentence that precedes the following phrase, it often introduces a list - used to express time

- used to join two independent clauses either with no conjunction or a conjunctive adverb - used to separate items in a series which already contain commas

- used to cite what someone else said Ex: The mother told the children, "Always eat your vegetables before your dessert."

- can be used for contractions -can be used to show possession of something

-used to join two words or parts of words together while avoiding confusion or ambiguity -used to preserve written clarity such as where there are letter collisions, prefixes are added, or of a family relationship -used with numbers

- used to add parenthetical statements or comments in much the same way as brackets, but less formal so do not use in formal writing - can be used to add emphasis Ex:: I could be the best juggler in the world- the world may never know.

- used for when you want to add further explanation, an afterthought, or comment that is not in the main line of thought but is implied from it Ex: She(Mary) went to the store to buy some milk.

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Punctuation

Term	Definition
Period	- used to mark the end of a sentence - used to indicate an abbreviation - used as an ellipsis or when the writer wants to indicate that only part of the sentence or thought is present - used after a single word to show emphasis or a important thought
Comma	4 I's: Introducer, Interruptor, Items in a series, and IC, cc IC
Exclamation Mark	- used to express exasperation, astonishment, or surprise, or to emphasize a comment or short, sharp phrase - Also be used to mark a phrase as humorous, ironic, or sarcastic
Question Mark	- used at the end of a direct question to a person, never for a reported question Ex: Do you like to shop?
Colon	- used to expand on a sentence that precedes the following phrase, it often introduces a list - used to express time
Semicolon	- used to join two independent clauses either with no conjunction or a conjunctive adverb - used to separate items in a series which already contain commas
Quotation Mark	- used to cite what someone else said Ex: The mother told the children, "Always eat your vegetables before your dessert."
Apostrophe	- can be used for contractions -can be used to show possession of something
Hyphen	-used to join two words or parts of words together while avoiding confusion or ambiguity -used to preserve written clarity such as where there are letter collisions, prefixes are added, or of a family relationship -used with numbers
Dash	- used to add parenthetical statements or comments in much the same way as brackets, but less formal so do not use in formal writing - can be used to add emphasis Ex:: I could be the best juggler in the world- the world may never know.
Parenthesis	- used for when you want to add further explanation, an afterthought, or comment that is not in the main line of thought but is implied from it Ex: She(Mary) went to the store to buy some milk.

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