Punctuation and Symbols
Rules and Regulations
Strictly Speaking
The Written Word
The General
100

Used at the end of a sentence to show excitement or strong feelings.

What is an exclamation point?

100

This personal identifier must be on all assignments and documents.

What is your Name?

100

A person, place or thing.

What is a noun?


100

Expository, Narrative, Persuasive, Argumentative, Descriptive.

What are the 5 types of Essays.


100

Salem Lutheran

What is the name of this school?

200

Used to indicate the pause in a sentence or separate items in a list.

  • What is a comma?
200

A proper sentence will contain specific marks to help indicate how the sentence should be read.


What is punctuation?

200

The person who tells the story of events taking place in a novel or poem.

Who is the Narrator?


200

Contains 3 supporting paragraphs in an essay. 


What is the Body?


200

A mathematical constant, approximately equal to 3.14159, that is the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter.

What is Pi?

300

Marks used to indicate a direct quote, dialogue or a phrase.

What are quotation marks?

300

A preposition always before this part of speech in a sentence.

What is a noun?


300

An Action Word.

What is a verb?


300

A form of expository writing in which the author gives un-biased information.


What is Informative Writing?


300

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!

400

The round brackets used to indicate an afterthought or related (non-essential) information.

What are Parentheses?

400

The subject and verb number (singular/plural)must be in agreement.


What is subject-verb agreement.


400

Letters that are not vowels.

What are consonants?


400

The common Modern Language Association format used in writing essays.


The common Modern Language Association format used in writing essays. (The Written Word) What is MLA (or MLA format)?


400

40 days, except Sundays.

What is the period observing Lent?

500

The three dots indicating a continuing thought or omission of text.

What is an ellipse?

500

The correct word order in used in grammar.

What is syntax

500

A linking word, clause or phrase.


 What is a conjunction?


500

A phrase that repeats information that has already been stated.

What is a redundant phrase?


500

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?