Punctuation
This mark is used to emphasize emotion in a statement
Exclamation Point (!)
Famous British Poet who is known for pieces such as Hamlet and Macbeth.
William Shakespeare
A word that shows action
Verb
Comparison of two things without using like or as
Metaphor
This mark is used to express doubt or uncertainty
Question Mark (?)
Born in New York, he received an M.A. in English from Vanderbilt. He is known to write romance and historical fiction. One of his best works is Women's Murder Club.
James Patterson
coordinate the words in the same clause
Conjunction
Exaggerated claims or statements not to be taken seriously
Hyperbole
This mark indicates a pause in a sentence, separates items in a list, or marks the place of thousands
Comma (,)
Born in Florida, Missouri in 1835 as Samuel Langhorne Clemons, he was a humorist, journalist, and novelist. He was also a riverboat pilot. One of his best works is about a slave seeking freedom from oppression.
Mark Twain
(Huckleberry Finn)
A word governing a noun or pronoun, expressing relation to another word or element in a clause
Preposition
A word that means the opposite of another word
Antonym
This mark adds information that helps clarify or illustrate the subject being discussed
Colon (:)
An English professor at Cambridge & Oxford Universities who is best known for being a Christian apologist, writing over 40 books. His most famous piece is a series of mystical children's books.
CS Lewis
(Chronicles of Narnia)
A word or group of words that specifies, identifies, or quantifies the noun or noun phrase that it follows
Determiner
A set of words having the same pronunciation, but different meanings, origins, and spellings
Homophone
This mark indicates a pause, usually to link two independent clauses
Semicolon (;)
Was an aspiring guitarist but ended up being a high school English teacher before writing 2 best-selling books
Rick Riordan
(Percy Jackson)
A phrase or expression that presents a figurative or non-literal meaning attached to the phrase
Idiom
A unit of grammatical organization next to the sentence. It contains a subject and a verb
Clause