PPT-The Hyphen and the Dash

How do I know when to use them What you need to know first Hyphens are not dashes and the two cannot be used interchangeably Hyphen Dash The hyphen connects The dash divides. Hyphens. 1. Use . a hyphen to divide a word at the end of a line.. Example: What percentage of U.S. households have sub-. scribed to cable television. ?. Divide a word only between syllables.. Do not divide a one syllable word.. Let’s. talk . relationship!. What do you notice?. “If I want to keep . Peeta. alive, I’ve got to give the audience something more to care about. Star-crossed lovers desperate to get home together. Two hearts beating as one. Romance.” . What do we know about. HYPHENS!!!!. What are Hyphens. What the heck is HYPHEN!!!. The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. It is often confused with dashes which are longer and have different uses, and with the minus sign which is also longer. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation, though you could see them in numbers like TWO-SIDED. En. -. Dash and . Em. -. Dash. Magic Little Dashes!. Do you know the rules of usage for:. FOUR TIMES WHEN . YOU. SHOULD USE. The Hyphen. -. FOUR TIMES WHEN . YOU. SHOULD USE. The Hyphen. HYPHENATED ADJECTIVE . Carolyn Ellis. Topic: Ethnographers. Focus:. . Intersection of ethnographers and . the community . Method: Interpretive & Critical . Target: Ethnographers . Goal: “My article seeks to show the working of the hyphen through a narrative story that uses dialogue to detail the events and emotionality that took place during this particular return visit (see Fabian 1990, 4)” (Ellis 1995, 70). . Oh MY!. End Marks…AKA punctuation. PERIOD. Used at the end of a complete declarative sentence. Most sentences end with a period. It is also used after an abbreviation . Dr. Washington agreed with the diagnosis.. Add the labeled punctuation in the correct place in each sentence.. Seventy five . students turned in an essay. . (Hyphen). 2. . My dog’s favorite toy . a . stuffed . alligator . is lying out in . Department of Media and Communication. Topic: . Hyphen, Parentheses, Period. Lecturer: . Veng . Rachana. Subject: English for Journalism. . Member:. . Vinh Socheata. . . Chan Phalkun. . Sim Yuthy. THE . DASH -. The dash (–) is used to set off additional material within a . sentence. Dashes are often used to . emphasize. the material they set off. . To . set off appositives that contain . commas. Hyphens and Dashes. A Mini-Lesson. The Differences. The hyphen (-) is used to separate parts of a word.. The dash (–) is used to separate parts of a sentence.. . . (Note: The dash can be . . punctuation. By Ms Woodward. (stolen). First rule. of Kung Fu –. Bow to . opponent. Capital letter. Full stop. .. (HA!). Inverted Commas. “...”. (stick tongue out and say . hhoooollllllll. ). Comma. Rules. Hyphens . are used to connect two or more words (and numbers) into a single concept.. Italian-American communities are vibrant and interesting.. Tina’s money-saving measures have helped her save 1,000 dollars.. The hyphen is most commonly used to separate a word that is divided by the right hand margin, but a hyphen also has the following conventional . uses:. To . separate the parts of a compound modifier or multiword adjective when the modifier/ adjective precedes the word that it modifies (e.g. “When he is out of town, he uses out-of-town checks. A Mini-Lesson. The Differences. The hyphen (-) is used to separate parts of a word.. The dash (–) is used to separate parts of a sentence.. . . (Note: The dash can be . . represented by two .