PPT-Semicolons and Colons UWF Writing Lab Grammar Skills Series

2 From Real Good Grammar Too by Mamie Webb Hixon PowerPoint Created by Olivia Hawkins Last Updated Spring 2017 RIGHT OR WRONG My favorite foods are fettuccine alfredo pasta ice cream and miso soup. Parts of Speech. 1. Verb. : action (examine, illustrate, argue). Example: The author . evaluates. interview techniques. . 2. Noun. : person, place or thing. (theory, child, agency, author) . Example: The . SEMICOLONS. The big game is tomorrow. ;. I’m mentally prepared.. Everyone else in my family excels in a particular sport. ;. I seem to be the only exception.. The river is rising rapidly. ;. it is expected to crest by noon.. Andrea Lunsford. The Everyday Writer. End Punctuation. Periods—use a period to close sentences that make statements or give mild commands.. Question marks—use question marks to close sentences that ask direct questions.. SEMICOLONS. Separating. Independent Clauses. :. use a semicolon to separate independent clauses joined without a conjunction. SEMICOLONS. Separating. Independent Clauses. :. use a semicolon to separate independent clauses joined without a conjunction. . Tricky Punctuation. @literacy_trust. National Literacy Trust. www.literacytrust.org.uk. contact @. literacytrust.org.uk. “. Punctuation marks are the traffic signals of language: they tell us to slow down, notice this, take a detour, or stop.”. . and . Conjunctive Adverbs. What is a semicolon?. The semicolon is a punctuation mark.. It looks like this . . ;. It is located on most keyboards two keys left of Enter.. The semicolon…. …connects independent clauses (complete sentences).. Semicolons between independent clauses. Semicolons between items in a series. Review A. Review B. Using Semicolons. Why are semicolons important?. Notice that a semicolon contains both a period and a comma. You can think of it as a blend of the two.. The glue that helps hold sentences together. COLON-IZING Your Writing. A . colons are used . to introduce . more . information about something mentioned earlier in the sentence. . Shannon brought one thing: a stethoscope.. 4. From . Real Good Grammar, Too. by Mamie Webb Hixon. PowerPoint Created by Rebecca Juntunen. Last Updated Spring 2017. “There’s a million things I haven’t done. But just you wait.”. -- Lin Manuel Miranda, “Alexander Hamilton” from the musical . PowerPoint Created by Olivia Hawkins. Last Updated Spring 2017. SPEAKER 1: How are you today?. Which respondent are you?. SPEAKER 2: I’m good.. SPEAKER 3: I’m well.. By using “good” as a descriptor, is Speaker 2. #2. From . Real Good Grammar, Too. by Mamie Webb Hixon. PowerPoint Created by Olivia Hawkins. Last Updated Spring 2017. RIGHT OR WRONG?. My favorite foods are: fettuccine alfredo pasta, ice cream, and miso soup.. #2. From . Real Good Grammar, Too. by Mamie Webb Hixon. PowerPoint Created by Olivia Hawkins. Last Updated Spring 2017. RIGHT OR WRONG?. My favorite foods are: fettuccine alfredo pasta, ice cream, and miso soup.. Using Dashes. Dashes are used for two main purposes. . The . first is what I call the Pause Dash. It more or less says to the reader, “Right here, I want you to take a breath. What you will read next relates to what you have just read in an interesting way, and I would like to emphasize it.” When using dashes this way, you are allowed only one per sentence.. The colon is often used to introduce explanatory elements, often in the form of a list. .. The colon takes the place of . “. such . as. ,”. . “. namely. ,”. . or . “for . example. .”. Colons cont..