Back to School Punctuation Review: Top 5 Punctuation Rules for Clear Writing

It's back to school time! In this punctuation review, I'll cover the top 5 punctuation rules that every student needs to know for clear and effective writing before going back to school. I'll briefly review the rules for periods, commas, apostrophes, quotation marks, and semicolons. At the end of this lesson, there will be a short quiz to test your knowledge.

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Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:18 - Ending Punctuation Rules
01:40 - Use Commas to Separate Elements
04:55 - Apostrophes for Possession and Contractions
06:42 - Quotation Marks for Direct Speech
08:13 - Colons and Semicolons
10:00 - Punctuation Quiz
10:50 - Answers

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