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Punctuation Power

by: Terban, Marvin; , Eric Brace

Punctuation Power

by: Terban, Marvin; , Eric Brace

ISBN 13:
9780590386746
ISBN 10:
0590386743
Edition: Reprint
Format: Paperback
Copyright: 04/01/2002
Publisher: Scholastic Reference

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Summary

Puncuation Power, the newest paperback Scholastic Guide, is a guide to all of the punctuation 8 to 14-year-olds (and most adults) need. It uses a clever format that is fun and informative. Knowing how to puncuate sentences properly is a skill that can help any writer communicate more clearly. PUNCTUATION POWER presents kids with the information they need to become better punctuators. Terban's voice is both energetic and fun. Now available in paperback, this guide can be put in school bags and brought to school, the library, or anywhere else a child would need it.

Part One PUNCTUATION AND HOW TO USE IT

Apostrophes

(10)

Singular Possessive Nouns

(1)

Plural Possessive Nouns

(1)

Making Compound Nouns Possessive

(1)

Special Rules About Possessive Nouns

(1)

Contractions

(6)

It's have, not of

(1)

Don't confuse its with it's

(1)

Don't confuse whose with who's

(1)

Don't confuse your with you're

(1)

Don't confuse lets with let's

(1)

Contractions of years

(1)

Plurals of Letters, Numbers, Symbols, Signs, and Punctuation Marks

(1)

Brackets

(3)

Around Your Own Words in a Quote

(1)

Around Your Own Words That Fill in Missing Words When You Shorten a Quote

(1)

Around the Word sic

(1)

Around Stage Directions in a Play Script

(1)

Capital Letters

(8)

First Word in a Sentence

(1)

The Pronoun I

(1)

Proper Nouns

(1)

Proper Adjectives

(1)

Ideas and Abstract Nouns Used as Proper Nouns

(1)

Official Titles in Front of a Person's Name

(1)

Important Titles Even if Person's Name Is Not Mentioned

(1)

Official Titles Without the Person's Name When Speaking or Writing Directly to That Person

(1)

Abbreviations of Titles After Someone's Name

(1)

Titles of Family Members Used With Their Names

(1)

Titles of Family Members If You Are Speaking or Writing Directly to Them and Don't Use Their Names

(1)

Titles of Specific Family Members if you are Speaking About Them Without Using Their Names

(1)

Days of the Week

(1)

Months of the Year

(1)

First Word in the Greeting of a Friendly Letter

(1)

First Word and All Main Words in the Greeting of a Business Letter

(1)

First Word in the Closing of Any Letter

(1)

First, Last, and All the Main Words in the Title of a Book, Movie, Song, Play, Musical Show, Opera, Magazine, Newspaper, Television Show, or Radio Program

(1)

First Word in Lines of Poetry

(1)

Languages

(1)

School Subjects (Specific Courses in a Catalog)

(1)

Geographic Locations (Specific Places on a Map)

(1)

Holidays, Festivals, and Special Events

(1)

Names of Religions, Tribes, Ethnic Groups, and Nationalities

(1)

Gods and Goddesses, Holy Books and Documents

(1)

Names of Planets in the Solar System

(1)

Historical Periods and Events

(1)

Brand Names of Products

(1)

Companies, Stores, and Businesses

(1)

First Word in a Direct Quotation

(1)

After a Colon if the Next Word Begins a Complete Sentence

(1)

Colons

(4)

To Introduce a List After an Independent Clause

(1)

To Introduce a Long Direct Quotation

(1)

Between the Chapter and Verse Numbers When Referring to Parts of the Bible

(1)

Between the Volume and Page Number When Referring to Large Works or Periodicals

(1)

After the Greeting to a Formal or Business Letter

(1)

After Headings in a Memo

(1)

To Separate the Hours From the Minutes

(1)

To Separate the Parts of a Ratio

(1)

To Separate a Heading From the Words That Follow It

(1)

To Separate the Names of Characters From Their Lines in the Script of a Play

(1)

To Separate the Title from the Subtitle of a Book

(1)

Commas

(13)

Between Three or More Independent Clauses of Equal Value That Have No Commas in Them

(1)

Before a Coordinating Conjunction to Join Two Independent Clauses in a Compound Sentence

(1)

After a Dependent Clause That Comes Before an Independent Clause in a Complex Sentence

(1)

Between Two Adjectives

(1)

After an Adverbial Phrase at the Beginning of a Sentence

(1)

To Set Off Nonrestrictive Phrases and Clauses

(1)

After Words Like oh, yes, and no at the Beginning of a Sentence

(1)

After the Close of Any Letter

(1)

After the Greeting of n Personal Letter

(1)

To Avoid Confusion

(1)

To Separate Two Identical Words (That Might Cause Confusion Next to Each Other)

(1)

To Separate Three or More Items in a Series (Including Before the Conjunction and the Last Item)

(1)

In Front of a Direct Quotation

(1)

At the End of the First Part and in Front of the Second Part of a Direct Quotation That Is Divided Up in a Sentence

(1)

After the Last Word of a Direct Quotation That Is a Statement, Is Not Divided Up, and Is Not the Last Thing in the Sentence

(1)

Before and After a Nonrestrictive Phrase, Clause, or Word That Comes Between the Subject and the Verb

(1)

To Set Off a Noun of Direct Address (the Person Who Is Being Directly Spoken or Written to)

(1)

To Set Off Appositives

(1)

To Set Off Official Titles and Important Positions

(1)

To Set Off Expressions or Words That Break the Flow of Thought at the Beginning or Middle of a Sentence

(1)

To Set Off Words and Abbreviations Like namely, i.e., and e.g. When They Are Used to Introduce an Example or a Series of Things

(1)

To Separate the Parts of an Address or a Place When It Is Written in n Sentence

(1)

To Separate the Day from the Month, the Date from the Year, and the Year from the Rest of the Sentence

(1)

To Set Off etc

(2)

Compound Words

(1)

Dashes

(2)

Before and After Words That Show a Break in Thought

(1)

To Show That a Speaker Has Been Interrupted

(1)

To Give Extra Emphasis to an Appositive

(1)

In Front of the Name of the Person Who Wrote or Said Something That You Are Quoting

(1)

Ellipses

(2)

To Show That Words Have Been Left Out at the Beginning of or Inside a Quoted Sentence

(1)

To Show Where a Person Paused, Hesitated, Slowed Down, or Changed Thoughts While Speaking

(1)

To Show That Words Have Been Left Out at the End of a Quoted Sentence

(1)

To Show That a Whole Sentence, More Than One Sentence, or a Whole Paragraph Has Been Left Out of a Quotation

(1)

Exclamation Points

(1)

At the End of an Exclamatory Sentence That Is Full of Strong Feelings

(1)

After a Strong Interjection at the Beginning of a Sentence

(1)

Hyphens

(6)

Hyphens and Dashes: What Are the Differences?

(1)

In Compound Adjectives

(1)

To Form Adjectives with ``well'' When the Adjective Comes in Front of the Noun It Is Describing (But Never When It Comes After)

(1)

With -elect

(1)

With Compounds Made of a Prefix and a Proper Noun or Adjective

(1)

When You Have to Break a Word Into Its Syllables Because You Ran Out of Space at the End of a Line

(1)

In Numbers From Twenty-one to Ninety-nine

(1)

To join the Parts of a Fraction Written Out as Words

(1)

Between the Parts of a Compound Adjective

(1)

When You Spell Out a Word for Emphasis

(1)

In Double Last Names

(1)

After a Prefix to Avoid Confusion

(1)

With Other Prefixes

(1)

Between Places, Years, Times, Numbers, Pages, etc. That Mark Limits

(1)

Indenting

(2)

At the Beginning of Each New Paragraph

(1)

All Lines of a Long Quotation

(2)

Italics

(1)

For Titles of Magazines, Newspapers, Books Plays Operas, Musical Shows, Movies, Television Shows or Radio Programs

(1)

For Stage Directions in the Script of a Play

(1)

To Emphasize a Word for Special Effect

(1)

Parentheses

(2)

To Enclose Any Extra Words That You Put Into the Middle or at the End of a Sentence of Your Own (Not a Sentence You Are Quoting) That Add Details or Explanations

(1)

Around a Whole Sentence in a Paragraph to Add Extra Details, Facts, or Explanations

(1)

Around Numbers or Letters Listing Items in a Series

(1)

Around a Question Mark After a Word or Statement to Show That You Are Not 100 Percent Sure if a Fact Is True or Accurate

(1)

Periods

(2)

At the End of a Sentence That Expresses a Fact, Makes a Comment, or Expresses an Opinion

(1)

At the End of a Mild Command or a Request

(1)

After Abbreviations

(1)

After Numbers or Letters in a List Printed Vertically

(1)

After Initials in People's Names

(1)

Question Marks

(2)

At the End of a Direct Question

(1)

At the End of a Declarative Sentence That You Make Into a Question Without Changing the Order of the Words

(1)

Inside Parentheses After a Fact That You Are Not Positively Sure Of

(2)

Quotation Marks

(2)

Around All the Parts of a Direct Quotation

(1)

Around the Titles of Songs, Chapters in a Book, Episodes in a Television Show, Articles, Poems, or Speeches

(1)

Around Unfamiliar, Unexpected, Ironic, or Sarcastic a Words or Short Phrases

(1)

Semicolons

(2)

To Connect Independent Clauses That Are Not Joined by a Conjunction in a Compound Sentence

(1)

Before Certain Conjunctions That Join Independent Clauses in a Compound Sentence

(1)

Between Series of Phrases or Clauses That Have Commas in Them

(1)

Slashes

(1)

When You Are Quoting up to Three Lines From a Poem in a Regular Paragraph

(1)

Between Words Used in Pairs

(1)

When Writing Fractions

(1)

In Internet Addresses

(1)

Underlines

Under the Titles of Magazines, Newspapers, Books, Plays, Operas, Musical Shows, Movies, Radio Programs, or Television Shows

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