Covering a cursory view of how to properly utilize quotation, colons, and semicolons. Does not cover the use of these for creating compound sentences (happens in a separate lesson).

1. Quotations, colons,
semicolons
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2. Quotation Marks
• He screamed, “Freedom!”
• “Freedom!” he screamed.
• “I want freedom,” replied Braveheart to the
king.
• “I think you should,” said John as his voice
got sterner, “leave now.”

3. Quotation Marks (Single)
• A quote inside of a quote
– Example
• “ „Let there be light,‟ spoke God.”

4. Exercise
• “Holy cow, Batman!” exclaimed Robin.
Holy cow,
batman!

5. Exercise
• “Batman watch…” Robin told Batman, his voice getting
louder, “OUT!”
• “Batman watch…” screamed Robin, his voice getting louder,
“OUT!”
Batman watch…
OUT!

6. Exercise
• Robin asked, “Did you say, „I‟m going to
the bathroom‟?”
Batman, did
you say, “I’m
going to the
bathroom?”

7. Exercise
• Robin stated, “Batman, I‟m getting hungry.”
• “Batman, I‟m getting hungry,” stated Robin.
Batman, I’m getting
hungry.

8. Colons
• When you are making a list:
– There were three things that he feared the
most: fire, dogs, and his father.
– The sentence that comes before the colon
should be a full sentence.
• For compound sentences
– covered next class

9. Exercise
• Shopping list of things we need
– potatoes
– onions
– oranges
– rice
– kimchi

10. Semicolons
• As a type of supercomma
– Their trip involved 4 destinations: Miami,
Florida; New York, New York; and Los
Angeles, California.
– What if we didn‟t use a semi-colon
• Their trip involved 4 destinations: Miami, Florida,
New York, New York, and Los Angeles, California.
• To emphasize the connection between two
independent clauses
– covered next class

11. Exercise
• Capital cities
DC in the United States Seoul in South Korea
Beijing in China

12. Exercise
• Things that happened
– I ate my lunch.
– She came to my house.
– We went for a walk.