Punctuation

Question 1

Full stop

Answer 1

End sentence
Abbreviate.

Question 2

Comma

Answer 2

Separate different ideas
Break up long sentences
Denote a pause

Question 3

Question mark

Answer 3

Questions

Question 4

Exclamation mark

Answer 4

Indicate strong emotion

Question 5

Quotation marks

Answer 5

Direct quotation indication
Or show irony of a word or phrase
Or show names of something

Question 6

Apostrophe

Answer 6

Show contractions
Or show possession

Question 7

Hyphen

Answer 7

Create compound word

Question 8

Dash

Answer 8

En dash (-) expresses a period of time & indicate a range of numbers e.g) 2019-2020

Em dash (—) show break in sentence or mark unimportant words. Replaced by parenthesis

Question 9

Colon

Answer 9

Emphasize a point.
List

Question 10

Semicolon

Answer 10

Creates longer pause than comma

Question 11

Parentheses

Answer 11

Additional information

Question 12

Brackets

Answer 12

Used in quotes to add extra info or fix mistakes without changing quote

Question 13

Ellipsis

Answer 13

Creates mystery or interest
Shows ommission

Question 14

Slash

Answer 14

Separate letters from numbers