Colons

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Colons Quotation Marks

• WC1.3 (5th Grade) Use a colon to separate hours
  and minutes and to introduce a list, use
  quotation marks around the exact words of a
  speaker and titles of poems, songs, short
  stories, and so forth. (3 questions on CST)

2
Colons separate hours and minutes

• 315
• 945
• 230
• 500
• 728

3
Use a colon to introduce a list

• Some orchids grow only in the following
  countries Costa Rica, Brazil, and Peru.
• The colon is placed just before the list.

4
Test Prep.

• Read this sentence.
• Mrs. Smith made dinner at 515.
• What is the correct way to write the underlined
• part of the sentence?
• A 5-15
• B 5/15
• C 515
• D Leave as is.

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Test Prep.

• Sammy fears these insects spiders, wasps, and
  bees.
• What is the correct way to write this sentence?
• A Sammy fears these insects spiders, wasps, and
  bees.
• B Sammy fears these insects spiders, wasps, and
  bees.
• C Sammy fears these insects-spiders, wasps, and
  bees.
• D Leave as is.

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Quotation marks enclose a persons exact words

• Joseph said, Acorns come from oak trees.
• Use a comma, question mark, or exclamation point
  to separate the quote from the introductory
  words.
• Capitalize the first word of a quote.
• Ending punctuation is placed inside quotation
  marks.

Acorns come from oak trees.
7
Quotation marks enclose a persons exact words

• Joseph asked, Why do golf balls have dimples?
• Why do golf balls have dimples? asked Joseph.
• Why, asked Joseph, do golf balls have dimples?

Why do golf balls have dimples?
8
Quotation marks enclose a persons exact words

• Joseph yelled, Wow! I got a 100 on the test.
• Wow! I got a 100 on the test, yelled Joseph.
• Wow! yelled Joseph, I got a 100 on the test.

Wow! I got a 100 on the test.
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Quotation marks surround titles of short written
or artistic works

• Poems
• Cindys favorite poem is Sunset by Greg
  Kinnard.
• Songs
• America the Beautiful was sung at the game
  today.
• Short Stories
• Our class read the short story titled The Most
  Dangerous Game.
• Chapters in a book
• Articles in a magazine or newspaper

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Test Prep.

• Last night I wrote a funny poem titled Mikes
• Miraculous Mucous.
• What is the correct way to write the underlined
• part of the sentence?
• A Mikes Miraculous Mucous
• B Mikes Miraculous Mucous
• C Mikes Miraculous Mucous
• D Leave as is.

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Test Prep.

• I was sick all weekend said Joanne.
• Which is the correct way to punctuate the above
• sentence?
• A I was sick all weekend said Joanne.
• B I was sick all weekend said Joanne.
• C I was sick all weekend, said Joanne.
• D I was sick all weekend, said Joanne.