adrioja's Documents

  • 9 p.

    The Colon: A Sentence Gateway

    The Colon: a sentence gateway The colon comes at a point in the sentence where the sentence could come to a complete stop. I’m going to tell you the names of my favorite breakfast foods. We could even put a period after the word “foods,” couldn’t we? In fact, we did. © Capital Community College The Colon: a sentence gateway We know, however, what’s going to come after this period. I’m going to tell you the names of my favorite breakfast foods. That’s right, a LIST of breakfast foods. © Capit

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  • 14 p.

    Semi 2

    Our Friend, the Semicolon © Capital Community College Our Friend, the Semicolon Let’s begin with a simple sentence: Grandma stays up too late. © Capital Community College Our Friend, the Semicolon Now let’s expand on that a bit: Grandma stays up too late. She’s afraid she’s going to miss something. This is OK. Two independent ideas, separated by a period. © Capital Community College Our Friend, the Semicolon What if we try to combine the two ideas? Grandma stays up too late, she’s afr

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  • 13 p.

    The English House of Commas

    The English House of Commas This set of slides will illustrate the most common uses of one of the most common punctuation marks: © Capital Community College Use the information icon and hyperlinks (this color) to link to sources of further information in the Guide to Grammar and Writing. The English House of Commas Use a comma to set off the elements of a series (three or more things), including the last two. My favorite uses of the Internet are sending e-mail, surfing the Web, and using cha

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  • 17 p.

    Essay Organization Presentation

    This presentation was created by Dr. Carmen Yolanda Alvarado for the Reading and Writing class at Upel-Maracay.

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