Key Terms

exclamation point	punctuation mark used at the end of a complete sentence that expresses strong feeling



period	punctuation mark used at the end of a complete sentence that makes a statement



question mark	punctuation mark used at the end of a complete sentence that asks a direct question



colon	punctuation mark used at the end of a complete statement to introduce a list, a long quotation, or an explanation



dash	punctuation mark used to signal a pause longer than that of a comma but not as long as that of a period



hyphen	punctuation mark used with two or more words that act as a single unit or to divide a word at the end of a line



parentheses	punctuation marks used to set off extra or incidental information from the rest of a sentence



semicolon	punctuation mark used to mark a break between two complete thoughts or to mark off items in a series when the items themselves contain internal punctuation (such as commas)

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