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Chapter 5
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abbreviation | A shortened form of a word or a group of words |
| apostrophe | An internal punctuation mark used to indicate possession or the omission of letters in word |
| appositive- | A noun or a phrase that renames and refers to a preceding noun and provides either essential or nonessential information |
| capitalization | the action of writing or printing in capital letters or with an initial capital |
| colon | a punctuation mark used to precede a list of items, a quotation, or an expansion or explanation |
| comma | a punctuation mark indicating a pause between parts of a sentence or separating items in a list. |
| em dash | Internal punctuation used to indicate a sudden change of thought |
| en dash | Internal punctuation used to show a range in numbers or other values that are related |
| declarative sentence | A sentence that makes a statement |
| direct address | Speaking directly to someone, usually calling the person by name |
| Ellipsis | Internal punctuation used to indicate words that are left out of a sentence, yet allows the sentence to be understood |
| exclamation point | External punctuation used to show strong emotion |
| Hyphen | Internal punctuation used after various prefixes and in forming some compound words |
| nonrestrictive element | A phrase or clause that give information that is not essential to the meaning of the sentence |
| number expression | The way numbers are written –as words or numerals |
| Parentheses | a pair of round brackets () used to mark off a parenthetical word or phrase |
| Period | An external punctuation mark used to signal the end of a sentence or indicate an abbreviation, or after numbers or letters in a list |
| question mark | An external punctuation mark used after direct question and after each part in a series of questions |
| quotation marks | Internal punctuation marks used to indicate a direct quotation, a definition, nonstandard English, or title |
| restrictive element | A phrase or clause that gives essential information to the meaning of a sentence |
| Semicolon | An internal punctuation mark used to denote a pause and is stronger than a comma but weaker than a period |
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