PPT-Punctuating

Quotations MiniLesson 83 Created April 2012 Commas and Periods When a comma comes before a direct quotation place it outside of the quotation marks John stood up and said Today is the day. The main uses of apostrophes are to show ownership eg Charlie is Jennys cat means the cat named Charlie belongs to Jenny and to show missing letters in words eg its it is for it has shouldve for should have In academic writing words that use apostr A semicolon is written like this a full stop above a comma and a colon is written like this a full stop above a full stop This factsheet will show the rules for 1 Using semicolons 2 Using colons GRAMMAR CHECKERS will NOT help you much with your sem Reviewing Sentence Structures. Jan. went shopping and left her credit card at home. .. (. simple. = one simple sentence with compound predicate). Jan. went shopping, and . she. left her credit card at home. Phrases. A group of related words that lacks either a subject or a predicate or both. fearing an accident. at the lake’s edge. Categories of Phrases. I. Prepositional Phrases. A. Adjectival. B. Adverbial. An Interjection is a word . that expresses . feelings and emotion…. An interjection is a word that expresses emotion and feelings.. .. HEY. !. OH NO. !. WOW!. YUCK!. OUCH!. PHEW!. HAHA!. YOW!. An Interjection at the beginning of a. , and 1. from the dialogue tag by commas. Do not use quotation marks to set off an indirect quotation. I said, “The fable by James Thurber will surprise you.” I said that the fable by Ms. Taylor. The Rules. Made to help your reader follow the ideas and who is speaking. Start a new line whenever there is a new speaker. Ron turned to her and said, “Hermione. , you are honestly the most wonderful person I have ever met. If I'm ever rude to . Use quotation marks before and after a person’s exact words. Place period . inside. quote marks.. Punctuating dialogue. Use quotation marks before and after a person’s exact words. Place period . Quotations. Mini-Lesson #83. Created April 2012. Commas and Periods. When a comma comes before a direct quotation, place it outside of the quotation marks.. John stood up and said. ,. “Today is the day.”. Rule #1: DIRECT AND INDIRECT QUOTATIONS. A . direct quotation. represents a person’s exact speech or thoughts. Use quotation marks.. An . indirect quotation. reports only the general meaning of what a person said or thought. Do not use quotation marks.. 1. What is Dialogue?. 2. Why is Dialogue used within a story? . 3. How can Dialogue add to the overall affect of a story?. DIALOGUE. Denotation. : . Dialogue. :. (. Noun. ) A . conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or movie. By Miss O. Punctuating Dialog What is wrong? “There are different types of clouds,” the teacher told the class. “Which type is the big, fluffy, white ones?” Natalie asked curiously. “Those are called cumulous