PPT-Dashes, Parenthesis & Colons

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. DASHES — not this – in your paper. Remember when using the hyphen, the en dash, or the em dash, you should put no space either before or after them . The only exception is with a han adding complexity to your style without a thesaurus. Semicolons. The semicolon’s form actually reflects its function. Like a period, the semicolon separates two independent clauses; like a comma, it keeps them connected and tells the reader to pause (not stop).. Punctuation. . DASHES. DASH:. Use a dash to indicate an abrupt break in thought or speech. .. EXAMPLE:. It’s your turn—even though it is your birthday—to do the . dishes.. Use dashes sparingly – if you use them too much, they will lose their effect. Notice the quick change of thought in the example sentence that is set off by dashes. . Wely. Lecture . 3: Re-training Your Grammar Ear. WELCOME . AGAIN . TO SAT 301 !. An organized approach to scoring higher and gaining acceptance to your top-choice . . colleges.. The 6-Tiered Approach to achieving success on the SAT:. Grammar Toolkit. Hyphens and dashes. Grammar Toolkit. Hyphens and dashes. The main use of . hyphens. is to join two or more . words . into compound words. . A . dictionary will . usually tell . you whether or . . 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.”. Use a . hyphen. to divide a word at the end of a line. . Only words with more than one syllable can be divided. Do not leave a single letter at the beginning or the end of a line. . Longer words can be divided in more than one place.. www.thepunctuationshow.com. We can use brackets and dashes for parenthesis, but we can also use commas.. www.thepunctuationshow.com. Commas tend to be less forceful.. Any words inside the punctuation used for parenthesis can be left out, but will still leave a meaningful sentence.. 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.. Megan Wright & Dana Cramasta. What is it?. Break in grammatical structure. Abrupt change in a sentence. Lack of sequence. Reflection of spoken language or thought. Parenthesis, em dashes, ellipsis, or lack of punctuation. Trevor . Vallarino. Ian Nelson. When to use parenthesis. Use parenthesis to enclose explanatory or additional information (When it is appropriate in a sentence). .. Rules of Parenthesis: . Rule 1 . Use parenthesis to enclose words that clarify or are used as an aside.. January/February 2017. Expected standard. The pupil can write for a range of purposes and audiences (including writing a short story):. s. electing vocabulary and grammatical structures that reflect the level of formality required mostly correctly. Punctuation Lesson . But why does it matter? . Because it saves lives. . Let’s eat Grandma. . Let’s eat, Grandma. . Punctuation gives us pauses between words and ideas. . Imagine if you didn’t take pauses between words and sentences. . to connect two or more words (and numbers) into a single concept, especially for building adjectives. . Note . that a hyphen never has spaces on either side. .. . Example: There are fewer Italian-American communities these days. .