chapter three Rod and Staff terms

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Period's

are used after a declarative setence , or indirect question , and an imperative sentence

Ellipsis points

are used to show an amission in quoted passage

question marks

are used after an interrogative sentence or quotation.

Exclamation points

are used after a strong interjection and after an exclamatory sentence or quotation

comma's

are used before a coordinating conjunction that joins the clauses of a compound setence .

An exposition

is a composition that defines , clarifies , or explains.

An argument

is a composition that presents information or evidence in an attempt to persuade or move to action

A narration

is a composition that tells a story .

A description

is a composition that paints word pictures .

quotation marks

are used around the titles of minor works

semicolon's or a colon

are always placed on the outside of quotation marks

colon's

are used to separate the numbers in Scripture references and in expressions of time

semicolon's

are used to separate items in a series when the individual items contain commas .

narrative paragraph :

is developed by adding detials

An expository or argumentive paragraph ;

is developed by adding facts

agrumentive paragraph :

is developed by adding reasons

descriptive paragraph:

is developed by adding descriptions

A dash

is used to show a sudden interruption in thought

Parentheses

are used to enclose a parenthetical element that is relatively unimportant

Brackets

are used to enclose a comment or correction within a a quotation

Italics

are used to for the titles of major works , or for special empasis

Figures :

are used for the identification of numbers

apostrophes

are used to form the possessive case of a noun or an lndefinite pronoun

hyphens

are used to join some compound words .