PPT-Punctuation for meaning and effect

Look at the following sentence A woman without her man is nothing Write it down Over the course of the lesson we will look at punctuation to see how it changes meaning and how it creates different effects. Lesson 14: Punctuation: Asides and Additions 227 Notice that the embedded sentence is not capitalized. Notice also that the comma that would normally be used at the end of the introductory clause i Review. Punctuation. Place . “. quotation marks. ”. only around what a character says.. Use a capital letter after beginning quotation marks . “. .. Insert punctuation before ending quotation marks. Review. Punctuation. Place . “. quotation marks. ”. only around what a character says.. Use a capital letter after beginning quotation marks . “. .. Insert punctuation before ending quotation marks. Story #1 – Rope Burn. h. umiliation . hu. -mil-i-. ation. fringes . frin-ges. expectations ex-. pect. -a-. tions. coaxed coax-. ed. sincere sin-. cere. hesitating . hes. -i-ta-ting. colons. To the left of the colon, you must have a complete sentence/independent clause. . I need to purchase the following items: parsnips; carrots; bread, both rye and wheat; and lettuce.. Don’t put a colon if there’s a verb to the immediate . We will look at:. Commas ,. Inverted commas “. Apostrophes: omission (can’t) and possession (Will’s). Contractions I have I’ve. Commas. When would we use commas?. Story . #6 . – . My . Abuelita. wistful . wist-ful. . grateful grate-. ful. . grim gr-. im. raspy . ras-py. swarmed . swar. -med. revelers rev-el-. ers. irresistible . ir. -re-. sist. The Review Game. Choose Ye . Yer. Category!. Swab the Deck!. Done. Stowaway!. Done. Walk the Plank!. Done. Fire in the Hole!. Done. Davy Jones. ’. Locker!. Pirate Challenge!. Done. Done. 1. 2. 3. Word Choice, and Mechanics. The Comma. 1. A comma is used before introductory words, phrases, and clauses:. Comma after an introductory word:. Yes. , . I agree with you on that issue.. Dad. , . give me some help in the kitchen.. Punctuation Marks & Written Accents. In Spanish, upside-down punctuation marks, such as ¿ and ¡ are placed at the beginning of a phrase to signal a question or an exclamation.. These are used along with those that come at the end of phrases, sentences or questions. . Word Choice, and Mechanics. The Comma. 1. A comma is used before introductory words, phrases, and clauses:. Comma after an introductory word:. Yes. , . I agree with you on that issue.. Dad. , . give me some help in the kitchen.. The Period. Periods can be used in two ways:. 1. Use a period to mark the end of a sentence. . Examples:. With the windows down, Craig and I drove down a tree-lined street.. I would love to come to your house for dinner.. The Period. Periods can be used in two ways:. 1. Use a period to mark the end of a sentence. . Examples:. With the windows down, Craig and I drove down a tree-lined street.. I would love to come to your house for dinner.. Punctuation Making Your Meaning Clear Time4Writing provides these teaching materials to teachers and parents at no cost. More presentations, handouts, interactive online exercises, and video lessons are freely available at Time4Writing.com.