Punctuation
Use at the end of the sentence that asks something
Question mark
Like quotation marks always used in pairs, used to set off additional information or insert information.
Parentheses ( )
What type of noun are these: Justice, Love, Equality
Abstract Nouns
Connect parts of a sentence together
Conjunctions: and, but, then, first, nor, so....
Mrs. Smith was RUNNING to her home.
verb
Use at the end of the sentence that shows excitement or strong emotion
Exclamation mark
Used to set off a list, when writing time, between chapters and verses from the bible.
Colon :
This year l met: Lisa, James, Billy, and Trevor.
My dog is out of control: he ate my slippers, dug a hole, and ate my homework.
Personal Pronoun: I, me, my, she, his, her, we, our, it, they, them
A word that shows strong emotion
Interjections:
Hey! Boy! Whew! Gosh!
QUIETLY, she told him to look behind the desk.
Adverb
Use between words that are in a list, to set off introductory phrases, in dates, preceding the year, before a coordinating conjunction, to set off a quote or dialogue
comma
Use to show that words are missing in the middle of a sentence or trailing off speech.
Elliipses ..........
Well, I really tried to stay clean, but there was this dog and this mud puddle .........
Show you the position of on object to another, can indicate time
Prepositions: Beside, under, in, before, during, after
WOW! Did you really fail your P.A.T.?
Interjection
Use to show belonging, use to take the place of letters left out in contractions.
Apostrophe:
We have=we've
Girl's dog!
She is = She's
word that name people, places, things or ideas
Nouns
Words that express the action or state of being
Verbs: dancing, jumping
Helping Verbs: Am, going, were, seem, become
The BOY saw a RABBIT running in the yard.
Noun
UNDER, the table was the dog.
Preposition
To show words as they are spoken, around titles of shorter pieces , such as episodes of shows, poems, songs and short stories
Quotation marks
Nouns that name SPECIFIC people or places and always have a capital letter
Proper Nouns: Mr. James, Notre Dame Academy, Paris
Modifies a verb and answers How? When? Where? How often?
Adverbs: Quickly, Slowly, Joyfully, Earlier, Now
SHE was going to the movies with HIM.
Pronouns
The dog AND the baby were very sad.
conjunction