{"id":319,"date":"2016-05-19T21:01:57","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T21:01:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/waymaker-level2-english\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=319"},"modified":"2016-10-14T18:22:28","modified_gmt":"2016-10-14T18:22:28","slug":"outcome-punctuation","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-introtocollegecomp\/chapter\/outcome-punctuation\/","title":{"raw":"Outcome: Punctuation","rendered":"Outcome: Punctuation"},"content":{"raw":"<h2>Explain common punctuation marks and the rules for their correct usage<\/h2>\r\nIn\u00a0this short skit,\u00a0comedian\u00a0Victor Borge\u00a0illustrates just how prevalent punctuation is (or should be) in language.\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/Qf_TDuhk3No\r\n\r\nAs you've just heard,\u00a0punctuation saturates our language.\u00a0Punctuation guides readers through sentences, passages, and books; it lets them know which words and ideas are related (as well as how close that relationship is). The rules of punctuation can seem daunting, but just remember that punctuation is here to help.\r\n\r\nAs we\u00a0mentioned at the beginning of this module, different style guides have slightly different rules for grammar. This is especially true when it comes to punctuation. This outcome will cover the MLA rules for punctuation, but we'll also make note of rules from other styles when they're significantly different.\r\n<h2>What You Will Learn to Do<\/h2>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Explain the role of end punctuation: periods, question marks, exclamation points<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Explain the role of commas<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Explain the role of semicolons<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Explain the role of colons<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Explain the role of hyphens and dashes<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Explain the role of apostrophes<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Explain the role of quotation marks<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Explain the role of brackets<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Explain the role of ellipses<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Explain the role of parentheses<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<h3>The Learning Activities for This Outcome Include<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Text: End Punctuation<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Text: Commas<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Text: Semicolons and\u00a0Colons<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Text: Hyphens and Dashes<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Text: Apostrophes<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Text: Quotation Marks<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Text: Parentheses and Brackets<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Text: Ellipses<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Self Check: Punctuation<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Try It: Punctuation<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","rendered":"<h2>Explain common punctuation marks and the rules for their correct usage<\/h2>\n<p>In\u00a0this short skit,\u00a0comedian\u00a0Victor Borge\u00a0illustrates just how prevalent punctuation is (or should be) in language.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/Qf_TDuhk3No<\/p>\n<p>As you&#8217;ve just heard,\u00a0punctuation saturates our language.\u00a0Punctuation guides readers through sentences, passages, and books; it lets them know which words and ideas are related (as well as how close that relationship is). The rules of punctuation can seem daunting, but just remember that punctuation is here to help.<\/p>\n<p>As we\u00a0mentioned at the beginning of this module, different style guides have slightly different rules for grammar. This is especially true when it comes to punctuation. This outcome will cover the MLA rules for punctuation, but we&#8217;ll also make note of rules from other styles when they&#8217;re significantly different.<\/p>\n<h2>What You Will Learn to Do<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Explain the role of end punctuation: periods, question marks, exclamation points<\/li>\n<li>Explain the role of commas<\/li>\n<li>Explain the role of semicolons<\/li>\n<li>Explain the role of colons<\/li>\n<li>Explain the role of hyphens and dashes<\/li>\n<li>Explain the role of apostrophes<\/li>\n<li>Explain the role of quotation marks<\/li>\n<li>Explain the role of brackets<\/li>\n<li>Explain the role of ellipses<\/li>\n<li>Explain the role of parentheses<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>The Learning Activities for This Outcome Include<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Text: End Punctuation<\/li>\n<li>Text: Commas<\/li>\n<li>Text: Semicolons and\u00a0Colons<\/li>\n<li>Text: Hyphens and Dashes<\/li>\n<li>Text: Apostrophes<\/li>\n<li>Text: Quotation Marks<\/li>\n<li>Text: Parentheses and Brackets<\/li>\n<li>Text: Ellipses<\/li>\n<li>Self Check: Punctuation<\/li>\n<li>Try It: Punctuation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-319\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Outcome: Punctuation. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">All rights reserved content<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Victor Borge - Phonetic Punctuation. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Charles Bradley II. <strong>Located at<\/strong>: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Qf_TDuhk3No\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/Qf_TDuhk3No<\/a>. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em>All Rights Reserved<\/em>. <strong>License Terms<\/strong>: Standard YouTube License<\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":17,"menu_order":1,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"original\",\"description\":\"Outcome: Punctuation\",\"author\":\"\",\"organization\":\"Lumen Learning\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"},{\"type\":\"copyrighted_video\",\"description\":\"Victor Borge - Phonetic Punctuation\",\"author\":\"Charles Bradley II\",\"organization\":\"\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Qf_TDuhk3No\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"arr\",\"license_terms\":\"Standard YouTube License\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-319","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":2019,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-introtocollegecomp\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/319","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-introtocollegecomp\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-introtocollegecomp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-introtocollegecomp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-introtocollegecomp\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/319\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1590,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-introtocollegecomp\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/319\/revisions\/1590"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-introtocollegecomp\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/2019"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-introtocollegecomp\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/319\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-introtocollegecomp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-introtocollegecomp\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=319"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-introtocollegecomp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=319"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/suny-introtocollegecomp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}