Brackets
Where do the brackets go?
She drove 60 miles per hour on the highway to town.
What is:She drove 60 [miles per hour] on the highway to town.
In legal, business, and scientific writing, what is restated?
What is a number.
What should be italicized?
Naming famous book/movie titles
How many dots make up an ellipsis?
What is three dots.
What type of sentence uses question marks as punctuation?
What is a question.
What is the correct name for "curly brackets"?
What is braces.
What can parenthesis be substituted for which is known as an annoying interruption?
What are dashes.
What is similar to italics?
script fonts
What should ellipses have before, in between, and after each period?
What is a single space.
When were question marks first created?
What is the 8th century?
When used together, in what order are the opening and closing of parenthesis and brackets?
What is opening parenthesis, opening bracket, closing bracket, and closing parenthesis.
Do you ever put punctuation before parentheses?
No, you do not!
What are italics used for?
Emphasis and Contrast
What should you not omit from a sentence because it would alter its meaning?
What is vital information.
In direct quotes where does the question mark go?
What is inside the quotation marks
Where does the [sic] go:
My geography textbook says, “The largest dessert on Earth is actually located in Antarctica.”
My geography textbook says, “The largest dessert [sic] on Earth is actually located in Antarctica.”
What do parentheses in a sentence signify: a break, a stop, or an end?
What is a break.
What should you not italicize?
song titles, poems, chapters in books, and/or religious tests
In what kind of writing are ellipses used to indicate uncertainty?
What is informal writing.
What type of question does NOT use a question mark?
What is an indirect question.
What letter on the keyboard is by the brackets key?
What is the letter P.
When parenthesis enclose a full sentence that can stand alone, do you place the period inside or outside the parenthesis?
You place it inside the parehesis.
What is the difference between bold and italics?
Bold is heavier emphasis while italics is a simple emphasis
What three things do ellipses indicate?
What is the omission of words, hesitation, and trailing off in dialogue or thought.
What do question marks in parenthesis show?
What is uncertainty?