The document outlines the various uses of punctuation marks, emphasizing their role in creating clarity, organization, and understanding in writing. It details how different punctuation, such as periods, commas, and quotation marks, function in sentences, including their usage in lists, separating clauses, and indicating strong emotions. Additionally, it explains specific punctuation like colons, semi-colons, ellipses, and hyphens and their respective roles in writing.

2. PUNCTUATION
MARKS

3. Punctuation Marks
 It is used to create sense, clarity
and stress in sentences
 It helps the reader/s understand
what is meant
 It makes writing more organized

4. Period
 Used in declarative or telling
sentences
 Used to indicate an abbreviation
Example:
Doctor (Dr.) Mister (Mr.)
 Used as a decimal point when used in
numbers
 Used at the end of indirect questions

5. Question Mark
 Used in interrogative sentences,
sentences that asks question.

6. Exclamation Point
 Used in exclamatory sentences
 Used to show strong emotion or
feelings
 Used to end an interjection

7. Comma
 Used to separate phrases, words, or
clauses in lists
 Used to enclose non-defining relative
clauses and other non-essential details
and comments
 Used in tag questions
 Used to separate two sentences with a
coordinating conjunction

10. COLON VS. SEMI-COLON
COLON
 It is used at the
beginning of a list
 Used to divide the
hour and the
minute
 Used as a pause in
sentences
SEMI-COLON
 Connect two
independent
clauses in one
sentence
 Separate items
within a series

11. Quotation Marks
 Used to cite something, that
someone said exactly
 Used to mark out idiomatic or
unknown expressions

12. Ellipsis
 Used to show where words have
been missed out when writing what
a person said
 Used to show the omission of words
in the sentences

14. Hyphen
 Used to spell out numbers, starting
from the number twenty-one
 Used to join two words or parts of
words together while avoiding
confusion
 Used when adding words that
already have a hyphen