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Punctuation: End Marks

Punctuation: End Marks. The period. The period. A statement is followed by a period. The period. A statement is followed by a period. The last day of summer vacation finally arrived. The period. A statement is followed by a period. The last day of summer vacation finally arrived.

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Punctuation: End Marks

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  1. Punctuation: End Marks

  2. The period.

  3. The period. • A statement is followed by a period.

  4. The period. • A statement is followed by a period. • The last day of summer vacation finally arrived.

  5. The period. • A statement is followed by a period. • The last day of summer vacation finally arrived. • Write 5 statements, end them with periods. • Pick one, identify the nouns andpronouns.

  6. Punctuation: Periods Other uses.

  7. Periods: Other uses. • An abbreviation or initial is followed by a period.

  8. Periods: Other uses. • An abbreviation or initial is followed by a period. • U.A.R. – United Arab Republic • Jan. – January • Mr. – Mister • A.D. – Anno Domini (Year of the Lord) • W.H. Auden – Walter Hughes Auden

  9. Periods: Other uses. • An abbreviation or initial is followed by a period. • U.A.R. – United Arab Republic • Jan. – January • Mr. – Mister • A.D. – Anno Domini (Year of the Lord) • W.H. Auden – Walter Hughes Auden • Write 5 sentences with abbreviations.

  10. Punctuation: Question Mark

  11. Question Mark

  12. Question Mark • A question is followed by a question mark.

  13. Question Mark • A question is followed by a question mark. • Why were you absent yesterday?

  14. Question Mark • A question is followed by a question mark. • Why were you absent yesterday? • An indirect question is a statement, so it gets a period.

  15. Question Mark • A question is followed by a question mark. • Why were you absent yesterday? • An indirect question is a statement, so it gets a period. • I wonder who was chosen as Harvest King in the county fair. • She asked if she could play pinball. • The teacher asked who was chewing gum.

  16. Question Mark • Write 5 sentences. Three with questions, two with indirect questions. Use appropriate punctuation.

  17. Punctuation: Exclamation Mark

  18. Exclamation Mark

  19. Exclamation Mark • An exclamation is followed by an exclamation mark.

  20. Exclamation Mark • An exclamation is followed by an exclamation mark. • Bravo!

  21. Exclamation Mark • An exclamation is followed by an exclamation mark. • Bravo! • What a terrific game!

  22. Exclamation Mark • An exclamation is followed by an exclamation mark. • Bravo! • What a terrific game! • Do not use an exclamation mark unless a statement is obviously emphatic.

  23. Exclamation Mark • An exclamation is followed by an exclamation mark. • Bravo! • What a terrific game! • Do not use an exclamation mark unless a statement is obviously emphatic. • Write 5 statements that are emphatic, and need exclamation marks. Complete sentences! Not just one word!

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