Punctuation Review

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What punctuation mark is used to indicate a question?

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Question mark (?)

Front

What punctuation mark is used to show excitement or emphasis?

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Exclamation point (!)

Front

What are the marks called that are used to show that something is being quoted exactly?

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Quotation marks ("")

Front

What punctuation mark is used to indicate possession or to show that letters are missing in a contraction?

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Apostrophe (')

Front

What punctuation mark is used to separate items in a list?

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Comma (,)

Front

What punctuation mark is used to connect two independent clauses?

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Semicolon (;)

Front

What punctuation mark is used to introduce a list or explanation?

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Colon (:)

Front

What punctuation mark is used to indicate a pause or break in a sentence?

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Dash (—)

Front

What punctuation mark is used to enclose additional information or clarifications?

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Parentheses (())

Front

What punctuation mark is used to indicate a pause longer than a comma but shorter than a period?

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Semicolon (;)