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English Language Arts
  • English Language Arts (ELA) | Elementary
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Punctuation
  • Punctuation—The Hyphen (-) & the Dashes (–) (—)
  • Punctuation—Quotation Marks (“ ”)
  • Punctuation—Parentheses ( ) & Brackets [ ]
  • Punctuation—The Colon (:) & the Semicolon (;)
  • Punctuation—The Ellipsis (…)
  • Punctuation—Apostrophe (')
  • Punctuation—The Exclamation Mark (!)
  • Punctuation—The Question Mark (?)
  • Punctuation—The Comma (,)
  • Punctuation—The Period (.)

Punctuation

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Definition

Punctuation marks are used to organize text and speech, to make them easier to understand.

Period

.

Comma

,

Question Mark

?

Exclamation Mark

!

Apostrophe

'

Ellipsis

...

Colon

:

Semicolon

;

Parentheses

(  )

Brackets

[  ]

Quotation Marks

"   "

Hypen

-

En Dash

–

Em Dash

—

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  • Sentences
  • Questions
  • Capitalization
Punctuation

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