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Other punctuation

Review Homework
Complete the following exercises:
Pg. 556 Practice 1
Pg. 575 Review Practice 4
Read Free Money by John Around Him and
Doesnt Anybody Get a C Anymore? By Phil Primack

Prewrite
Think about the essays Free Money by John
Around Him and Doesnt Anybody Get a C
Anymore? By Phil Primack.
Write your thoughts about either financial aid or
grade inflation

Other punctuation
Use sparingly

Parenthesis
DO NOT OVERUSE!!!
Use to enclose supplemental material, minor
digressions, and afterthoughts
o Some of my cousins (Bill, Wesley, David, Hartley,
Melissa, and Kacey) were at my party.
Use to enclose letters or numbers labeling items in a
series
o Regulations stipulated that only the following
equipment could be used on the survival mission:
(1) knife, (2) thirty feet of parachute line, (3) a
book of matches, and (4) two ponchos.

Dash

type word, space, dash, dash, space, next

word, and Word will do it automatically

Use to set off parenthetical material that deserves

emphasis
o My grandmother bought me a puppy an
adorable little bulldog for my birthday!
Use to set off appositives that contain commas
o An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that
renames a nearby noun. They are usually set off
with commas, but when the appositive itself
contains commas, a pair of dashes helps
readers see the importance of all pauses.
o My best friends Amani, Catherine, Erin, Kai, and
Lola are here.

Dash
Use to introduce a list, a restatement, an amplification,
or a dramatic shift in tone or thought
(basically can replace a colon, but colons are more
formal and less dramatic than a dash)
Only use if there is a specific reason for its use (dont
want unnecessary choppiness)
o In my hometown, peoples basic needs include the
following items sesame seed oil, honey, safflower
oil, and that half-liquid peanuts only peanut butter.

Brackets
Use to enclose any words/phrases that have been
inserted into an otherwise word-for-word quotation
o Audubon reports that if there are not enough young
to balance deaths, the end of the species [California
condor] is inevitable (4).
The Latin word sic in brackets indicates that an error in
a quoted sentence appears in the original source.
Do NOT overuse because calling attention to others
mistakes can appear snobbish.
o According to the review, Nelly Fortados performance
was brilliant, exceeding [sic] the expectations of
even her most loyal fans.

Brackets
Use to enclose any words/phrases that have been
inserted into an otherwise word-for-word quotation
o Audubon reports that if there are not enough young
to balance deaths, the end of the species [California
condor] is inevitable (4).
The Latin word sic in brackets indicates that an error in
a quoted sentence appears in the original source.
Do NOT overuse because calling attention to others
mistakes can appear snobbish.
o According to the review, Nelly Fortados performance
was brilliant, exceeding [sic] the expectations of
even her most loyal fans.

Brackets Practice
1. Lisettes speech contained the following remark: I
accept this medal Comal College Student of the Year
with the acknowledgment of the support of my family,
friends, and teachers.
[Comal College Student of the Year]
2. The actor remarked, none too humbly, When I deliver
my characters famous speech Act I Scene 3, the
audience weeps.
[Act I Scene 3]

Brackets Practice
3. If you read the quotation from the Navy captain (see
the article entitled Life Down Under page 4, column
5), you will have a better understanding of life on a
submarine.
[page 4, column 5]
4. At one point in the interview, the singer responded,
When Im home London, England, I occasionally give
free concerts.
[London, England]

Brackets Practice
5. As part of the preparation for your trip, you will find it
immensely helpful to read about the local customs
(the When in Rome... section of Chapter 2 pages 1820).
[pages 18-20]
6. The mayor-elect then commented, It is imperative
that we make this the proposed loop around the city
a priority of this administration.
[the proposed loop around the city]

Brackets Practice
7. The winner answered my question about the best type
of racing bicycle with Theres no doubt that mine a
twenty-seven speed Italian bicycle is the best.
[a twenty-seven speed Italian bicycle]
8. To get to the Connellys farm, you go down
Arrowhead Road (between Route 10 the turnoff is
north of Evinston and Route 52).
[the turnoff is north of Evinston]

Brackets Practice
9. Do you happen to know the year that Tony Dorsett
was awarded it the Heisman Trophy? Luella asked.
[the Heisman Trophy]
10. Please turn to the statistics on the world population
(see page 46 Chart C) before continuing.
[Chart C]

Ellipsis Mark
Use to indicate that words have been deleted from an
otherwise word-for-word quotation
o The governor said, It is very important for our
children...that the school year be extended...and that
they go to school...360 days a year (Smith 82).
If a full sentence or more is deleted in the middle of a
quoted passage, use a period before the three ellipsis
dots
o If we dont properly train, teach, or treat our growing
prison population, says long-time reform advocate
Luis Rodriguez, somebody else will.This may well
be the safety issue of the new century (16).

Ellipsis Mark
Use to indicate a hesitation or an interruption in
speech or to suggest unfinished thoughts
o The apartment building next doorits going
up in flames! yelled Marcia.

Slash
Use to separate two or three lines of poetry
Add a space before and after the slash
o Roses are red / violets are blue / sugar is
sweet
Use to separate paired terms
Do not use space before or after slash
o Pass/fail, producer/director
o Do not use and/or, he/she, is/or
o Rewrite instead

Hyphen
Use the dictionary to see if whether or not a
word is hyphenated or compound
o Water-repellent, waterproof, water table
Use when two or more words are used together
as an adjective before a noun
o Richa Gupta is not yet a well-known
candidate.
Do not use to connect ly adverbs to words they
modify
o WRONG: A slowly-moving truck tied up traffic

Hyphen
Hyphenate fractions and certain numbers when
they are spelled out
o One-fourth
Use with the prefixes all-, ex-, and selfo Self-help
Use with the suffix -elect
o President-elect

Hyphen
Use in certain words to avoid ambiguity or to
separate awkward double or triple letters
o Re-creation and recreation
o Anti-intellectual (double i)
o Cross-stitch (double s)

Hyphen Practice
1. In the story, the villain dies from a self inflicted wound.
Self-inflicted
2. Bill Bradley is an ex basketball player.
Ex-basketball
3. Governor elect Rousseau was born right here in our
town.
Governor-elect
4. The Assad family left Istanbul on a bitterly cold day.
correct

Hyphen Practice
5. Have you hear that only forty two percent of the
people in this area favor a bike trail?
Forty-two
7. Did you know that manatees have trouble hearing
low frequency sounds?
Low-frequency
8. At this location today, one hundred three people
have registered to vote.
correct
9. Elissa is looking for an oil free moisturizing liquid.
Oil-free

For Wednesday
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