This presentation is part of an EnglishCafe lesson: http://www.englishcafe.com/blog/are-you-punctuation-savvy-125020

1. I read fast. And
when I come
across texts with-
out punctuation I
feel as though I
was driving down
a highway at 100 miles per hour -
without street signs.
Everything sort of runs together into
one big blur.

2. Where am I?? I'm lost. Turn on the
lights! Put up some signs for me!!
Every keyboard has those handy
punctuation features. Please use
them. Be hard on your pinkies, not
your reader.
Punctuation adds
professionality to
your writing.

3. Here is a little recap:
Apostrophe ’ '
when you're dropping letters;
Brackets ( )
suspends the flow of information
while inserting an explanation into
the text;

4. Colon :
alerts the mind: here's a new entity
of speech or meaning;
Comma ,
separates clauses;
Dash ‒
rests the mind on a thought;

5. Elipsis …
lets the mind trail along a thought
without finishing it;
Exclamation mark !
whoa, it's a whopper!
Full stop .
lets the reader catch a breath before
setting out again;

6. Hyphen -
connects compound nouns
or divides words;
Question mark ?
huh?
Quotation marks ‘ ’ “ ”
he said: “Oh.” So he said.

7. Semi-colon ;
two sentences – each could stand on
their own – but they are connected
in meaning;
Slash /
has an either/or meaning.

8. Please note that there is a space
after every punctuation mark.
Omitting that space is considered
very poor authorship.
Perhaps you might do some
formatting as well: paragraphs when
a new train of thought begins, bold
and cursive lettering make
important words catch the eye.

9. Good punctuation and a nice layout
make me feel cared for.
I immediately feel like: “Yes.... I
want to read what this person has to
say! I'm safe to take this trip.”