Grammar 3: units 5-7 [punctuation, making an outline, and book reports] Flashcards
What do you use to end a declarative sentence?
a period
Do you use a period or a question mark to end an indirect question?
a period
To end a polite request disguised as a question, should you use a question mark?
no, you would use a period
What do you use to end an interrogative sentence?
a question mark
What should you use to end a exclamatory sentence?
an exclamation point
What should you use if you have an imperative sentence strongly stated?
an exclamation point
What do you use to join two dependent clauses?
a comma and coordinating conjunction
Use a pair of commas to indicate what kind of element in a sentence?
a nonessential element
If you don’t use a comma and coordinating conjunction between independent clauses, what should you use?
a semicolon
What should you use if you have listed items in a series at the end of the sentence?
a colon
What punctuation mark do you use if you have the titles of books, newspapers, plays, etc?
you italicize [underline] them
What mark of punctuation would you use if you have fractions used as adjectives?
a hyphen
What should kind of punctuation should you use to enclose the exact words a of a speaker?
quotation marks
Should you use double or single quotes for an element within a quotation that also requires quotation marks?
single quotes
What type of punctuation do you use if you have a break in faltering speech?
a dash
