In ___ , use a comma to set off the words of the speaker from the rest of the sentence.
dialogue
When using ___ ___ for dialogue and copying from a text, punctuation goes inside the ending quote.
quotation marks
A ___ connects two related independent clauses without a conjunction; it connects two thoughts.
semi-colon
A ___ may be used in a greeting of a formal/business letter, list or important point.
colon
Numbers less than twenty should be ___ ___.
written out
A ___ is used to divide a word when it is at the end of the line or between parts of a compound word.
hyphen
___ the following: beginning of a sentence, proper nouns, proper adjectives, languages, titles of literature, abbreviations, beginning of a quote, title followed by a person’s name, etc.
Capitalize
___ is an extreme exaggeration.
Hyperbole
___ is the repetition of a sound or letter at the beginning of words.
Alliteration
___ is a poetic device in which an inanimate object is given human characteristics.
Personification
___ (CM) is the writer’s thoughts/opinions used to connect the concrete details to the main idea.