Punctuation

What is punctuation?

“a courtesy designed to help readers to understand a story without

stumbling.”

“to underline meaning and prevent awkward misunderstandings

between writer and reader.”

What are some punctuation parts?

End punctuation Hyphen

Colon Quotation - Direct quotation

Semicolon Underlining

Comma Abbreviation

Apostrophe

Why do we use punctuation?

To clarify!

“What would you for the King?”

“What? Would you? For the king?”

*Music is the link to language

Writing = melody

Punctuation = rhythm

The stops point out, with truth, the time of the pause
A sentence doth require at every clause.
At every comma, stop while one you count;
At semicolon, two is the amount;
A colon does require the time of three;
The period four, as learn men agree.
A woman, without her man, is nothing.

A woman: without her, man is nothing

Dear Jack,

I want a man who knows what love is all about. You are generous,
kind, thoughtful. People who are not like you admit to being useless
and inferior. You have ruined me for other men. I yearn for you. I
have no feelings whatsoever when we’re apart. I can be forever
happy –will you let me be yours?

Jill

Dear Jack,

I want a man who knows what love is. All about you are generous,
kind, thoughtful people, who are not like you. Admit to being
useless and infereior. You have ruined me. For other men I yearn!
For you I have no feelings whatsoever. When we’re apart I can be
forever happy. Will you let me be?

Yours,

Jill
Every lady in this land

has 20 nails on each hand;

Five & twenty on hands and feet;

And this is true, without deceit

Every lady in this land has twenty nails.

On each hand, five; and twenty on hands and feet.

DEAD SONS PHOTOS MAY BE RELEASED

What is this headline telling you?

1. multiple sons’ photo?

2. one son’s multiple photos?

is this a dagger which i see before me the handle toward my
hand come let me clutch thee i have thee not and yet i see
thee still art thou not fatal vision sensible to feeling as to
sight or art thou but a dagger of the mind a false creation
proceeding from the heat oppressèd brain i see thee yet in
form as palpable as this which now i draw thou marshall’st
me the way that i was going and such an instrument i was to
use

Is this a dagger which I see before me,

The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee.
I have thee not, and yet I see thee still.
Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible
To feeling as to sight? Or art thou but
A dagger of the mind, a false creation,
Proceeding from the heat-oppressèd brain?
I see thee yet, in form as palpable
As this which now I draw.
Thou marshall’st me the way that I was going,
Charles the First walked and talked half an hour after his head was
cut off

Punctuate this sentence.

Answer: Charles the First walked and talked. Half and hour after,
his head was cut off.”