punctuation

Question 1

define period

Answer 1

• declarative
• completes a thought

Question 2

comma

Answer 2

• pause between independent clauses
• separates 3 or more items

Question 3

hyphen

Answer 3

• join 2 or more words to describe a noun
• after prefixes

Question 4

en dash

Answer 4

• span / range
• said as “to” or “through”
• score

Question 5

em dash

Answer 5

• interrupts
• draws attention
• can replace commas, parentheses, etc.

Question 6

question mark

Answer 6

• interrogative

Question 7

exclamation point

Answer 7

• conveys strong feelings
• informal

Question 8

quotation marks

Answer 8

• linguistic example
• titles
• conversations

Question 9

colon

Answer 9

• direct attention to a list
• join sentences
• ratio, time, bible verses

Question 10

semicolon

Answer 10

• separate items in a list
• join 2 sentences

Question 11

apostrophe

Answer 11

• shows possession
• omission of letters or numbers
• form strange plurals