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Punctuation

Punctuation. Meet Period What it does: Separates ideas. What it “says”: “We are done with this thought. Let’s move on.” What it cannot do: Connect ideas

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Page 1: Punctuation. Meet Period What it does: Separates ideas. What it “says”: “We are done with this thought. Let’s move on.” What it cannot do: Connect ideas

Punctuation

Page 3: Punctuation. Meet Period What it does: Separates ideas. What it “says”: “We are done with this thought. Let’s move on.” What it cannot do: Connect ideas

Meet Comma

• What it does:Joins a smaller idea to the main idea

• What it “says”:“And one more thing that connects here . . .”• What it cannot do:

Connect two big ideas (ICs)• It’s kind of like a:

Hook connecting a train car to the engine

Page 4: Punctuation. Meet Period What it does: Separates ideas. What it “says”: “We are done with this thought. Let’s move on.” What it cannot do: Connect ideas

Meet Semicolon

• What it does:Joins two related main ideas (ICs)

• What it “says”:“Let’s get married!”

• What it cannot do: Replace a comma

• It’s kind of like:eHarmony . . . It brings compatible clauses together

Page 5: Punctuation. Meet Period What it does: Separates ideas. What it “says”: “We are done with this thought. Let’s move on.” What it cannot do: Connect ideas

Meet Colon

• What it does:It brings emphasis to whatever follows• What it “says”“Wait, you’re not going to believe this!”“For example . . .”• What it cannot do: Juggle• It’s kind of like a:Vanna White: it puts things on displayThe guy walking around saying “the end is nigh!”Paul Revere warning the colonists

Page 6: Punctuation. Meet Period What it does: Separates ideas. What it “says”: “We are done with this thought. Let’s move on.” What it cannot do: Connect ideas

Listen up:

• You should know this fact: a colon can be used to introduce and emphasize important ideas EVEN WHEN THERE IS NO LIST

• Here is one more reminder: there is not always a list after a colon.

• Something else besides a list can come after a colon: one really important statement.

Page 7: Punctuation. Meet Period What it does: Separates ideas. What it “says”: “We are done with this thought. Let’s move on.” What it cannot do: Connect ideas

Try this:

• Holicong “sevvies” must remember one thing: obey and serve the ninth graders.

• Teachers repeat the same refrain all year: be quiet.

• Sometimes there is only one right way to act: properly

• There he was, standing right in front of me: Blum-tober-fest.

Page 8: Punctuation. Meet Period What it does: Separates ideas. What it “says”: “We are done with this thought. Let’s move on.” What it cannot do: Connect ideas

Try this:

• Holicong “sevvies” must remember one thing:

• Teachers repeat the same refrain all year:

• Sometimes there is only one right way to act:

• There he was, standing right in front of me:

Page 10: Punctuation. Meet Period What it does: Separates ideas. What it “says”: “We are done with this thought. Let’s move on.” What it cannot do: Connect ideas

Which one of these is incorrect?