Categories: All - punctuation

by Vanessa Espinosa 4 years ago

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Organigrama

Different punctuation marks serve specific purposes in academic writing. Periods signal the end of sentences, paragraphs, or abbreviations, establishing clear stops. Semicolons connect related independent clauses, providing a nuanced link between ideas.

Organigrama

Punctuation in Academic Essays

Apostrophe

Subtopic
USED FOR
Contractions and possessives "The CD's not working properly"

Never plurals

Colons

A list of items

The researched team studied a number of different breeds: shorthaired, longhaired and exotic

Semicolons

INTRODUCES
An independent clause

Something that could stand alone

But related to the first part

Periods

INDICATES
Abbreviation of a word
End of a paragraph
End of a sentence

Commas

DIRECT QUOTATIONS
Smith notes, "Dogs have always been more popular than cats."
OXFORD COMMA
Apples, bananas, watermelons, cucumber, and kiwi
SUBJECT - VERB - COMPLEMENT
The chef, who's personality is annoying, hired me today to work for him
REPLACES
I have to go but apples, pizza, pasta and salt
The use of "and"
REPRESENTS
A pause in the flow of words