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Punctuation
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| period | ends a declarative or imperative sentence |
| exclamation point | ends an exclamatory sentence |
| question mark | ends an interrogative sentence |
| comma | separates words within a sentence or id used to pause |
| apostrophe | used to form possessives and connect contractions |
| quotation marks | used to put a person's words |
| parentheses | used to add material to a sentence |
| colon | introduces a list of items |
| semicolon | joins two closely related sentences |
| ellipses points | used to show that information has been left out |