Punctuation symbols (. , ? ! "" () : ; ) show when a speaker or character takes a breath, is silent, starts a new thought, asks a question, says something sharply, or is talking about something special.
Example:"Taco! Where are you? ...C'mon, pup! Get out of that closet."
If you were talking to your dog, Taco, you would probably use a great deal of expression. A silence may have come after the words "Where are you?" as you looked for your dog and opened the closet door. Without the use of punctuation all the words would have run together like this:tacowhereareyouc'monpuplgetoutofthatcloset
The sentence would have been hard to read. It would also be too awkward and tiring to read it if it were written like this:"Taco (character speaks sharply) where are you (his voice rises in a question) (silence as helooks in closet) gee whiz, pup (very cross) get out of that closet (ordering Taco about)"
If books were written in such a fashion, they would take too long to read. We also would be distracted and lose the point if every action or voice inflection were written out in detail for us.
Purpose. Punctuation is shorthand, or a short way, of writing a great deal of information. Listen to the way you speak. You take quick breaths (shown by commas) when you break up your sentence patterns and longer breaths and silences when you wait for a reply or think of something further to say (shown by periods, exclamation marks, and question marks). Punctuation is a convenient way of showing pauses, indicating loudness of voice or anger, and rising voice inflections when asking a question. Punctuation follows certain rules, and the rules are easy once you learn them.
Pointers. You have covered the rules of punctuation and capitalization throughout the year, and you will now review them. Note: Click on each of the pictures below to hear the sentence spoken aloud.
(a) Capitalize important or special names and titles, days of the week, names of the months, the word I, and the beginnings of a sentence.
(b) Interrogatory sentences ask questions. They start with a verb or who, why, where, or when and end with a question mark.
Example: Are the cookies done baking?
(c) Exclamatory sentences show impatience or exclaim something. They usually start with a colloquial expression or a name of a person and end with an exclamation mark.
Example: Oh! I broke my dishes!
(d) Declarative sentences are statements. They end with a period. Most sentences are declarative sentences.
Example: The universe contains billions of stars.
(e) Imperative sentences state a request or command and end with a period.
Example: Oui, Madame, you must get me my cookies.
(f) Put your punctuation inside the quotation marks when indicating speech.
(g) Put commas between numbers, especially when writing dates.
Example: January 1, 1978
(h) When writing a list or series, place commas between each word of the list and before the and that precedes the last word of the series.
Example: Inside the bag I found cats, dogs, rats, and mice.
Try to keep these punctuation pointers in mind as you complete the following activities and as you write material for your mini-newspaper.
When you refer to a short story in writing, you style the title by enclosing it within quotation marks.
A magazine article should be punctuated largely the same way as a research paper. It is a formal piece, and it requires writing that is clear, informative and creative.
When citing a source, remember that the general rule is underline for long works, such as novels and plays, and use quotation marks for short works, such as an article or poem.
if it's a newspaper punctuate it with italics (or underline): Newspaper if it's an article punctuate it with quotes like this: "Article"
The day in the mountains was exciting inspiring and entertaining
Today's acrostic does not appear in the magazine
He sued the newspaper for defamation of character.
Alacrity was at its peak when a community went against a statement in a magazine about how life is made easy for youngsters and how they lack challenges.
Weekly is an adjective used to describe the magazine.
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I want a subscription to that magazine.
Today's acrostic does not appear in the magazine
"By the way, please could you buy me a magazine?"
The girl distractedly leafed through her magazine.
In rifle training, the standard magazine hold only three rounds. He had worked for a well-known magazine before becoming editor of the newspaper.
i brought a magazine from market
The harsh criticism given by the magazine was greatly unappreciated by the public.
With her connections to the fashion magazine, she had access to any models in the company
The magazine i subscribe to last month came in the mail today.
I am reading a magazine.
you can't, you can use Geographic though. For example: "Have you read the latest addition to the National Geographic magazine yet?"
magazine