Narrative Writing and Punctuation

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Narrative writing is a form of writing that tells a story or recounts an event or experience.

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Narrative writing

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Importance of punctuation in narrative writing

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Clarifies meaning, indicates pauses/intonation, and ensures smooth story flow.

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Punctuation mark to end a sentence?

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Purpose of quotation marks in narrative writing?

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Indicate direct speech or dialogue.

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Correct punctuation for a dialogue tag:

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Comma before the closing quotation mark, followed by the dialogue tag, ending with a period or other punctuation.

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Punctuation mark to separate list items?

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,

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Correct punctuation for an apostrophe

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'

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Purpose of capitalization in narrative writing?

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Indicates the beginning of a sentence or highlights proper nouns.

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Punctuation mark for possession?

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'

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Correct punctuation for an ellipsis?

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