Punctuation Guide

Period Exclamation Point Question Mark

Wow!
Stop it.

What?

Used at the end of a Used to show excitement Used at the end of a

statement or emphasis at the end of question
a sentence

Comma Semicolon Ellipsis

Give me Let's pause...

a break.
Let's join!

Used to separate Used to join two Used to indicate a

phrases or items in a list independent clauses that pause or trailing off of
are closely related a thought

Quotation Marks Colon Apostrophe

Stop talking! Let's That's

mine!

introduce

Let's begin.

Used to mark the

beginning and end of a Used to introduce groups Used to show
quote or to show speech of words in a series or possession
used in a sentence introduce a quote