| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Use a/an _____ at the end of a declarative sentence. | period |
| Use a period at the end of almost every _____ sentence. | imperative |
| Use a period at the end of an/a _____ question. | indirect |
| Use a question mark at the end of an/a _____ sentence. | interrogative |
| Use an exclamation point to end an/a _____ sentence. | exclamatory |
| Use an exclamation point after an/a _____ or any other exclamatory expression. | interjection |
| Use a period at the end of most _____ or after an initial. | abbreviations |
| Use a period after each number or letter in an/a _____ or list. | outline |
| Use a/an _____ before a conjunction that joins independent clauses and a compound sentence. | comma |
| Use a comma after every item in a/an _____ except the last one. | series |
| Use a comma between _____ of equal rank that modifies the same noun. | adjectives |
| Use a comma after an/a introductory phrase that contains _____. | prepositional phrases |
| Use a comma after _____ words | introductory |
| Use commas to set off a word or phrase that _____ the flow of thought in a sentence. | interrupts |
| Use commas to set of nouns of _____. | direct addresses |
| Use a comma whenever the reader might otherwise be _____. | confused |
| Use _____ at the beginning and the end of a direct quotation. | quotation marks |
| Use commas to set off exclamatory words used with _____ quotations (whether they occur at the beginning, in the middle, or at the end of a sentence). | direct |
| If a quotation is a question or an exclamation, place the question mark or exclamation point _____ the closing quotation mark. | inside |
| If quoted words are part of a question or exclamation of your own, place the question mark or exclamation point _____ the closing quotation marks. | outside |
| Do not use quotation marks to set off an/a _____. | indirect quotation |
| Use quotation marks to enclose both parts of a/an _____ quotation. | divided |
| Do not _____ the first word of the second part of a divided quotation unless it begins a new sentence. | capitalize |
| Use commas to set of the _____ words used with a divided quotation. | explanatory |
| In _____, a new paragraph and a new set of quotation marks show a change in speakers. | dialogue |
| Use a/an _____ to join parts of a compound sentence with other coordinating conjunctions | semicolon |
| Use a semicolon between the parts of a/an _____ sentence when the clauses are long and complicated or when they contain commas. | compound |
| When there are commas within parts of a/an _____, use semicolons to separate the parts. | series |
| Use a/an _____ to introduce a list of items. | colon |
| Use a colon after the formal greeting in a/an _____ letter. | business |
| Use a colon between numerals indicating hours and minutes and expressions of _____. | time |
| Use a/an _____ if part of a word must be carried over from one line to the next. | hyphen |
| Use hyphens in certain _____ words. | compound |
| Use hyphens in compound _____ from twenty-one through ninety-nine. | numbers |
| Use hyphens in _____ fractions | spelled-out |
| Use _____ to show an abrupt break in thought. | dashes |
| Use _____ to set off material that is loosely related to the rest of a sentence. | parentheses |
| Use an/a _____ to form the possessive of any noun, whether singular or plural. | apostrophes |
| Use apostrophe in _____. | contractions |
| Use an/a apostrophe and "s" to form the _____ of a letter, a numeral, or a word referred to as a word. | plurals |
| Use quotation marks to set off the title of _____ works. | short |
| Use _____ for titles of longer works and for the names of ships, trains, spacecrafts, and airplanes (but not for types of planes). | italics |
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