Punctuation Symbols, Part 1
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What is a period?
!
What is an exclamation point?
:
What is a colon?
The marks used in writing to separate sentences and their elements and to clarify meaning.
What is punctuation?
Used when a person wants to express a sudden outcry or add emphasis.
What is an exclamation point?
,
What is a comma?
?
What is a question mark?
""
What is a quotation mark?
Placed at the end of declarative sentences, complete statements, and after many abbreviations.
What is a period?
Indicates a direct question when placed at the end of a sentence.
What is a question mark?
'
What is an apostrophe?
;
What is a semicolon?
()
What are parentheses?
Used to show a separation of ideas or elements within the structure of a sentence.
What is a comma?
Used to precede a list of items, a quotation, or an expansion or explanation.
What is a colon?
/
What is a forward slash?
-
What is a hyphen?
[]
What are brackets?
Used to connect independent clauses.
What is a semicolon?
A pair of punctuation marks used primarily to mark the beginning and end of a passage attributed to another and repeated word for word.
What is a quotation mark?
… or ***
What is an ellipsis?
( )
What is are brackets or parentheses?
&
What is an ampersand?
Used to join two or more words together into a compound term and is not separated by spaces.
What is a hyphen?
Used to indicate the omission of a letter or letters from a word, the possessive case, or the plurals of lowercase letters.
What is an apostrophe?