PUNCTUATITON

&
MECHANICS
PARAGRAPH WRITING

Group 5:
Rihmatul Marhamah (12523006)
Melisa (12523026)
Diyan Adeyanti (12523042)
 DEFINITION

Punctuation marks are conventional signs

or typographical devices used in writing.
CAPITAL
LETTER
 WE HAVE MANY PURPOSE OF USING
CAPITAL LETTERS :

First word in a sentence or direct quotation (kutipan langsung)

Example :
Our community has begun with the spirit people.
Names of Persons and the Word I (saya): subject pronoun
Example :
At the picnic, I met Diyan and Melisa.
Names of Particular Places
Example :
After graduating from Merdeka High School in Cirebon,
I worked for a summer at a nearby Holiday Inn on Kuningan.
Names of Days of the Week, Months, and Holidays
Example :
This year, Memorial Day falls on the last Wednesday in
Safar.

Names of Commercial Products / Brands

Example :
The consumer minimarket gave high ratings to Choco Crunch
breakfast cereal, Wall’s ice cream, and Indomie noodles.
Titles of Books, Magazines, Articles, Films, Television
Shows, Songs, Poems, Stories, Papers That You Write.
Example :
My oral report was in The Diary of a Young Girl, by Anne
Frank
Names of Companies, Associations, Unions, Clubs, Religious
and Political Groups, and Other Organizations
Example :
My parents have life insurance with Prudential, auto
insurance with Allstate, and medical insurance with United
Healthcare
 Titles (Gelar) of Persons When Used with Their Names
Names That Show
Family Relationships Example :
Can you drive to Dr. Yusuf office?
Example:
"Aunt Siti and Uncle Abdul (Use small letters when titles appear
love each other"
by themselves, without specific names)
(Do not capitalize words such as mother,
father, grandmother, grandfather, uncle aunt, Example :
and so on when they are preceded by my or Can you drive to the doctor's office
another possessive pronouns (my, his, her
their, our) )
Example:
My aunt and uncle selling their house.
 Specific School Course

Example:
My courses this semester include Accounting 1, Introduction to
Computer Science, Business Law, General Psychology, and Basic Math.

(Use small letters for general subject areas)

Example:
This semester I'm taking mostly business courses, but I have a
psychology course and a math course as well
 Languages
Example:
Nadin can speaks 3 languages which is Indonesian, Japan, and English so well.
Geographic Location
Example:
Actually I'm from Aceh but now I've moved to West Java.
(Use small letters in giving directions)
Example:
Go west for about seven miles and then bear north.
 Historic Periods and Events
Example :
One question dealt with the Battle of Bulge in World War II.

Races, Nations, and Nationalities

Example:
1. America has various races that is from African, Asian, and Europe.
2. Last summer I hitchhiked through Italy, France, and Germany.
3. The city is a melting pot for Koreans, Vietnamese, and Mexican
Americans.
NUMBER
 DEFINITION
Numbers are symbols of numbers, while numbers
can be expressed with numbers or words.
You must pay attention to writing numbers and
numbers in English. Its use and writing also
depends on the context of the sentence.
 THREE
Rule 1 RULES IN
A Pell out numbers that take no
more two words, otherwise, use MIND WHEN
numerals, the numbers
themselves. USING
NUMBER
Example:
Kiky has seven novels on the shelf.
Kate has read this book up to page 230.
 THREE
Rule 1 RULES IN
B You should also spell
out a number that MIND WHEN
begins a sentence.
USING
NUMBER
Example :
One hundred five unread Biu E-mails.
Three people were washed away in the
river.
 RULE 2
Be consistent when you use a series of numbers.
If some numbers in a sentence or paragraph
require more than two words, then use numbers
themselves throughout the selection.
Example :
The fire destroyed 4 houses, 9
motorcycles, and 3 cars.
 RULE 3

Use numbers to show date, times,

addresses, percentages, exact sums
of money, and parts of a book.
 EXAMPLE RULES 3
Example:
Date = Diyan birthday on July 1st.
Times = Saturday classes end at 11.30 am.
Percentages = In Indonesia the poverty rate presentation was
9,36%.
Address = IPB Cirebon is located at Jl. Brigjend Darsono No. 20.
Exact sums of money = Sales turnover in August was RP.
19.000.000.
Part of a book = Geez and Ann’s book is only 254 pages.
END MARK
 DEFINITION
End marks is a punctuation marks used at the
end of a sentence to show that the sentence is
finished.

A sentence always begins with a capital letter. It always

ends with End Marks.
 THE PARTS OF
END MARKS:
1 Full Stop / Period (.)
Use a period after a sentence
that makes a statement.
Example :
It's been so hot all day.
Use a period after most abbreviations.
Example :
Mr. Dimas, Dr. Bryan, Ms. Ryn, a.m. Jr.
 THE PARTS OF
END MARKS:
2 Question Mark (?)
Use a question mark after a
direct question.
Example :
When your father arrives?
Isn't use for indirect question.
Example :
He asked when her father is arrive ?
 THE PARTS OF END
MARKS:
3 Exclamation Mark(!)
It's usually used in the imperative
sentence (It's not to overuse
exclamation points).
Example :
This man will love only me!
COLON
 DEFINITION
The colon is a mark of introduction,use the colon
at the and of a complete statement.
 EXAMPLE USE COLON IN THE TEXT:

Introduce a list Introduce a long quotation

Introduce an explanation:

I bought a My father
cosmetic bag From only gives me two
harry potter’s novel i choices after i
containing : once read a sentence:
lispstick, “happiness can be graduate: go to
found even in the covege or
sunscreen, and darkest of times, if one continue his
powder only remembers to turn business.
on the light”.
ANY QUESTIONS?
THANKS FOR
YOUR
ATTENTION