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?
Contains 3 supporting paragraphs in an essay.
What is the Body?
A mathematical constant, approximately equal to 3.14159, that is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter.
What is Pi?
Marks used to indicate a direct quote, dialogue or a phrase.
What are quotation marks?
A preposition always before this part of speech in a sentence.
What is a noun?
To utter or pronounce (words, sentences, etc.), especially in an articulate or a particular manner.
What is Enunciate? (to enunciate)
A form of expository writing in which the author gives un-biased information.
What is Informative Writing?
St. Patrick, known as the Patron St. of Ireland is also commonly known for this specific miracle.
Driving the snakes out of Ireland?
*Note there is a more literal meaning to that miracle. Take some time to research more before Monday!
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?
Writing that is capable of being read or deciphered, especially with ease, as writing or printing; easily readable.
What is legible?
40 days, except Sundays.
What is the period observing Lent?
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
A linking word, clause or phrase.
What is a conjunction?
A phrase that repeats information that has already been stated.
What is a redundant phrase?
Pi, the ratio of a circle's circumference to it's diameter, is also known as this type of number.
What is an irrational number?