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Reading
Those with asterisks (*):
Try reading from right to left.
1. EARLYGREEKSHAD HARDLYANYPUNCTUATION
2. FONOITCERIDEHTDEGNAHCNEVEDNA*
3. THEIRWRITINGATTHEENDOFEACHLINELATER
4. TAHTGNITIRWFOYAWAOTDEGNAHOYEHT*
5. THATFAVOREDRIGHTHANDEDPEOPLEANDSHOWED
6. WHEREANEWPARAGRAPHBEGANBYUNDERLINING
7. THEFIRSTLINEOFITLATERTHEGREEKPLAYWRIGHT
8. ARISTOPHANES . INVERTEDMARKSTOSHOW . WHERE
9. THEREADERSSHOULDTAKEBREATH:
10. THE . ROMANS . MADE . WRITING . MUCH . EASIER .
11. TO . READ . BY . PUTTING . DOTS . BETWEEN . WORDS .
12. AND . BY . MOVING . THE . FIRST . LETTER . OF. A .
13. PARAGRAPH . INTO . THE . LEFT . MARGIN: THEY .
14. ADAPTED . SOME . OF . THE . GREEK . MARKS . SUCH . AS .
15. THE . COLON . MARK . TO . INDICATE . PHRASE . ENDINGS:
16. INTHEEARLYMIDDLEAGESTHISSYSTEMOFPUNCTUATION
17. BROKEDOWNBECAUSEVERYFEWPEOPLECOULDREADS
18. ANDWRITE BUTWRITERSKEPTASPACEATTHEENDOF
19. ASENTENCEANDCONTINUEDTOMARKPARAGRAPHS
20. EVENTUALLY WORDS WERESEPARATED AGAIN AND
21. NEW SENTENCES BEGAN WITH A LARGER LETTER
A Short History of Punctuation
The educational reforms of Charlemagne led to the
invention of lower case letters which could be written and
read much faster / Phrases and sentence endings were
indicated either by .. . or by a slash/
period colon
comma semicolon
I. COLON
1. Use a colon to introduce a list, quote or
statement that you want to draw attention
to in a complete sentence.
I. COLON
5. Use a colon after a summarizing word.
Example: "Example: babies" and
"Answer: chicken."
II. SEMICOLON
3. Use a semicolon in a series, usually when the series
calls for multiple commas that could confuse the reader.
Examples:
1. William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
2. game 1: 98-89
3. pages 12-16
IV. Hyphen
The words below are punctuated with a hyphen (-).
Study the words carefully.
1. anti-inflationary
2. over-the-counter
3. a come-as-you-are party
4. a six- or eight-cylinder engine
5. the ruling passion of his life
6. one hundred thirty-eight
7. a two-thirds majority of the vote
8. pages 40-98
9. the New York-Paris flight
Punctuation Marks
IV. HYPHEN
1. Use a hyphen to join/make a compound word out of
two or more words that are intended to be read as a single
unit.
Examples: Mother-in-law, A red-head lass,
The eye of the typhoon is a low-pressured area.
2. Use a hyphen to eliminate ambiguities or misreading
which ocassionally result from the addition of a prefix.
Examples: re-call, re-fresh
3. Use a hyphen for compound numbers from 21-91.
Seatwork: Dash (7/6/16)
Punctuate the sentences below with a dash (--).
1. I am under impression that she has no instruction at
all and doesn’t need any.
2. Strauss favors as does Sotto voce, the Administration
is early admission of Russia to the International
Monetary Fund.
3. To feed, clothe, and find shelter for the needy these
are real achievements
4. The motion was then tabled that is, removed
indefinitely from consideration.
5. If we don’t succeed and the critics say we wont then
the whole projects is in jeopardy.
Seatwork: Hyphen (7/6/16)
Punctuate the words/phrases below with a hyphen.
1. coopted
2. good for nothing
3. She has gray green eyes
4. Pre and postadolescent trauma
5. Forty five
My Legacies
What would your legacy be? Accomplish the chart below.
My Legacy to 1. _________________________
Mother Earth _________________________
_________________________
2. _________________________
My Legacy to
_________________________
My People _________________________
3. _________________________
My Legacy to _________________________
My Family _________________________
MY TREASURE