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Morales Vocabulary

punctuation vocabulary

QuestionAnswer
What is a comma? , separates or joins
What are quotation marks? " " enclose direct speech or direct quotes from sources
What is an apostrophe? ' shows possession or contraction or deleted letters
What is a question mark? ? asks a question
What is an exclamation mark? ! indicates extreme pain, fear, astonishment, anger, disgust, or yelling
What is an ellipsis? ... indicates hesitation or missing words
What is a colon? : announces a surprise or a list; acts as a drum roll for something to follow
What is a hyphen? - indicates that two words should be thought of as one ex. hard-working, t-shirt
What are parentheses? ( ) indicate an aside
What is a period? . indicates a full stop and shows that the sentence is over
What is a semicolon? ; links independent clauses
What are the AAAWWUUBBIS? Subordinating conjunctions: As, Although, After, While, When, Unless, Because, Before, If, Since
What are the FANBOYS? Coordinating Conjunctions: For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
What is a complex sentence? Dependent clause + independent clause
What is a compound sentence? Two or more sentences joined with a comma and a coordinating conjunction or a semicolon
What is a dependent clause? A clause that contains a noun and a verb but does not express a complete thought ex. As I walked home
What is an independent clause? A clause containing a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought.
What is a fragment? An incomplete sentence that is punctuated like a sentence but is missing either a subject or a verb and does not communicate a complete thought
What is a run-on sentence? Two or more sentences joined as one unit without any proper punctuation-sometimes referred to as a comma splice
What is an interrupter? Any word or group of words that interrupt a sentence and require a comma on both sides
Created by: victoriamorales
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