Punctuation Flashcards
What do we use speech marks in?
Direct speech?
What is direct speech?
The words coming out of someone’s mouth
If there is a a sentence after speech, what goes at the end of the speech, inside quotation marks?
Comma
What is a hyphen used for?
Going inside compound words
The poet Angela Smith (who had travelled from Scotland) said the book festival was a huge success
How important is it that she came from Scotland in this sentence?
Unimportant
The poet Angela Smith, who had travelled from Scotland, said the book festival was a huge success
How important is it that she came from Scotland in this sentence?
Neither unimportant or important
The poet Angela Smith - who had travelled from Scotland - said the book festival was a huge success
How important is it that she came from Scotland in this sentence?
Most important thing in the sentence
What are three things dashes are used for?
1) Adding extra information
2) After Thought
3) Pause
