Punctuation and Symbols
Used at the end of a sentence to show excitement or strong feelings.
What is an exclamation point?
This personal identifier must be on all assignments and documents.
What is your Name?
A person, place or thing.
What is a noun?
Style of writing in which letters are joined in a flowing manner.
What is cursive? (cursive writing)
Salem Lutheran
What is the name of this school?
Used to indicate the pause in a sentence or separate items in a list.
A proper sentence will contain specific marks to help indicate how the sentence should be read.
What is punctuation?
The person who tells the story of events taking place in a novel or poem.
Who is the Narrator?
In poetry, these 'schemes' may be referred to as ABAB, ABBA, AABB, etc.
What are rhyme schemes?
A day at Salem Lutheran during which 5th graders experience a day in Upper Middle School.
What is Step Up Day?
Marks used to indicate a direct quote, dialogue or a phrase.
What are quotation marks?
Words such as conceive or receive follow this common rule of grammar.
What is 'i' before 'e', except after 'c'?
A linking word, clause or phrase.
What is a conjunction?
This particular type of sentence gives a command.
What is an imperative sentence?
This daunting challenge is currently being tackled by Pastor Amie in Egypt.
What is the 750 steps challenge [in Egypt]?
The symbol commonly used to represent the word 'at'.
What is the 'at' symbol
The subject and verb number (singular/plural)must be in agreement.
What is subject-verb agreement.
Letters that are not vowels.
What are consonants?
Jack's loyal butler, in By The Great Hornspoon.
Who is Praiseworthy?
This is the name of the mountain in Egypt where Pastor Amie is undertaking a challenge.
What is Mount Sinai?
The three dots indicating a continuing thought or omission of text.
What is an ellipse?
The correct word order in used in grammar.
What is syntax
To utter or pronounce (i.e. words, sentences, etc.), especially in an articulate or particular manner.
What is enunciate [to enunciate]?
In By The Great Hornspoon (and in real life), 'The California Gold Rush' starts in this year.
What is 1849?
The holiday SLS will be celebrating on Monday, January 19, 2026.
What is Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday?