Capitalization and Punctuation: Period A complete sentence which makes a statement ends with a period. It's your turn now. Take a deep breath and blow. Most abbreviations end with a period. Dr. Williams will meet you at the Oak St. office. Capitalization and Punctuation: Question Mark A question ends with a question mark. Have you been eating again? Does the coach know? NOTE: With indirect questions—"The teacher asked Gesualdo if he had done the homework."—we do not use question marks. Click here for a one-page summary on indirect questions and reported speech. Capitalization and Punctuation: Exclamation Point A statement expressing unusual emphasis or great excitement may end with an exclamation point. You've been eating again! I'm telling the coach! This mark is not used often. Usually a writer can express emphasis through the choice of words, using information to support an idea rather than relying on an exclamation point to create a general sense of high emotion. In writing, exclamation points are used primarily for conveying the tone of informal conversations. Application 3 Application 4

CONTENTS MAIN PAGE 6.1 Observation of Writing 6.2 Capital Letters 6.3 Period 6.4 Question Mark 6.5 Exclamation Point 6.6 Comma 6.7 Colon 6.8 Semicolon 6.9 Quotation Marks 6.10 Parentheses 6.11 Review & Practice 6.12 Fun with Grammar 6.13 Return to Observation of Writing 6.14 Mastery Test