1 | sentence | | _____ | Draw a line under to give emphasis or indicate special type. |
2 | capital letter | | _____ | A set of words that is complete in itself, typically containing a subject and predicate, conveying a statement, question, exclamation, or command, and consisting of a main clause and sometimes one or more subordinate clauses. |
3 | comma | | _____ | The sign (-) used to join words to indicate that they have a combined meaning or that they are linked in the grammar of a sentence, to indicate the division of a word at the end of a line, or to indicate a missing or implied element. |
4 | apostrophe | | _____ | The process of shortening a word by combination. |
5 | exclamation mark | | _____ | A punctuation mark (.) used at the end of a sentence or an abbreviation. |
6 | contraction | | _____ | Start or position further from the margin than the main part of the text. |
7 | question mark | | _____ | A word, clause, or sentence inserted as an explanation or afterthought into a passage that is grammatically complete without it, in writing usually marked off by curved brackets, dashes, or commas. |
8 | period | | _____ | A punctuation mark ( ’ ) used to indicateor the omission of letters or numbers. |
9 | colon | | _____ | The sloping kind of typeface used especially for emphasis or distinction and in foreign words. |
10 | hyphen | | _____ | A set of punctuation marks, single (‘ ’) or double (“ ”), used either to mark the beginning and end of a title or quoted passage |
11 | indent | | _____ | A punctuation mark (;) indicating a pause, typically between two main clauses, that is more pronounced than that indicated by a comma. |
12 | semicolon | | _____ | A punctuation mark (!) indicating an exclamation. |
13 | quotation mark | | _____ | A punctuation mark (,) indicating a pause between parts of a sentence. It is also used to separate items in a list and to mark the place of thousands in a large numeral. |
14 | parentheses | | _____ | A punctuation mark (?) indicating a question. |
15 | underlining | | _____ | A punctuation mark (:) indicating • that a writer is introducing a quotation or a list of items. |
16 | italics | | _____ | A letter written or printed in a size larger than and often in a form differing from its corresponding lowercase letter; an uppercase letter. |