marking-punctuation.ppt
- 2. Hey! Wait a minute! I forgot to put punctuation marks to what I just wrote. Well, wecan correct that when we finish the lesson. Good morning class Today were going to study punctuation marks I have some assistants who will be helping with todays lessonsolets startReady Set Go
- 3. Ok. Let’s begin our lesson. While you watch the presentation take notes. You’ll be quizzed at the end.
- 4. A Period A period is used to end a sentence. It is also used after initials, after abbreviations, and as a decimal point.
- 5. To Enda Sentence Example: Computers aregetting smaller.
- 6. After anInitial Example: J. K. Rowling
- 8. As a Decimal Example: Roberto is 99.9 percent sure that it costs $2.50 to get into the moviestoday.
- 9. Question Mark A questionmark is used after a direct question (an interrogative sentence) and to show doubtabout the correctness of something.
- 10. Direct Question Example: Didyougo to the movies last night?
- 11. Correctness Example: You’llse virtual realityTV shows by the year 2006 *(?) •A question markis placed in parentheses to show that the writer isn’t sure a fact is correct.
- 12. Exclamation Point Anexclamation pointis used to express strong feeling.It may be placed after a word, a phrase, or a sentence.
- 13. Exclamation Point Example: Happy birthday! Excellent! Wow! That’s great! Thatnew program is awesome!
- 14. Apostrophe An apostropheis used toform plurals,to show thata letter or lettershave been left out ofa word, or to show possession.
- 15. To Form Plurals Example: A’s (letter) 8’s (number) +’s (sign)
- 16. In Contractions Contraction Short For don’t do not it’s it is; it has they’ll they will they’re they are
- 17. In SingularPossessive Example: My sister’s hobby is jazzdancing.
- 18. Comma Commas are used to keep words and ideasfrom running together, making your writingeasierto read. Commas tell the reader where to pause.
- 19. Items in aSeries Example: I know someone who likespepperoni, pineapple,and oliveson her pizza. (words)
- 20. Items in aSeries(phrases) Example: In summer I like to go skateboarding,ride my bike, and playbasketball. (phrases)
- 21. In Datesand Addresses Example: We are having our nextreunion on July 4, 2006, at The Ritz Carlton.
- 22. In Datesand Addresses Example: Hisnew address is 3344 South First Street , San Juan, PR 00923.
- 23. Parentheses Parenthesesare used around words includedin a sentence to add information.
- 24. To AddInformation Example: The map (figure 2) willhelp you understand the explorer’sroute.
- 25. Quotation Marks Quotationmarks are used to enclosethe exactwords of the speaker and to show that words are used in a special way.
- 26. Direct Quotations Example: “Rosa Parks is a true American hero,” the teacher reminded her students.
- 27. SpecialWords Example: My family likes to go to Piñonesto eat “alcapurrias”and “bacalaitos”.
- 28. Colon A colonisused in a sentence to introduce a listor draw attentionto informationthat follows.Colonsare also used between the numbers in time.
- 29. To Introducea List Example: Motorcycles are used for the followingreasons: transportation,recreation, andracing events.
- 30. Aftera Salutation Example: Dear Ms. Pérez :
- 31. BetweenNumbers in Time Example: The race begins at 1 : 30 p.m.
- 32. Well, I hope you learned howto use punctuation marks and their names. But before wefinish here, let’s seeif you cancorrect what I wote onthe board at the beginning.
- 33. Are you readyto correct?Begin! Good morning class Today were going to study punctuation marks I have some assistants who will be helping with todays lessonsolets startReady Set Go
- 34. These arethe corrections you should have made. Goodmorningclass!Today we’re going to studypunctuationmarks.I have some assistantswhowill be helpingwithtoday’s lesson.So let’s start.Ready! Set! Go!
- 35. Well, kids. Hope you learned your lesson and if you have any trouble with punctuation marks you can always visit the library and log onto the Internet. You’ll find lots of sites explaining the useof each punctuation. Seeyou soon! Bye!