Background info: Words are composed of letters, words make up sentences. OK, those symbols in sentences that are not letters or words are called punctuation marks.
Period.
The punctuation mark you will probably run into most is called a period. See there's one now. (And another)
Most sentences end in periods. Periods are placed at the end of sentences termed declarative.
Declarative sentences are statements as opposed to questions, which brings us to our next punctuation mark.
Question Mark?
Questions marks come at the end of sentences that are, wait for it...questions. How about them apples?
Exclamation points!!!
While some overfly excited people like to put exclamation points all over their compositions, they really should be reserved for emergencies. You have a spider on your back! That's appropriate.
Commas
Commas are very common. Get it, comma, common. Commas denoted pauses in a sentence like a rest in music or they can be used to separate items in a list.
Examples:
I have to tell you something, there's a spider on you back.
Of these three items, a moose, a donkey or a spider, only one is definitely on your back.
If you want another explanation and a more complete compendium on every piece of punctuation, period, see this handy-dandy reference page...
www.grammar-monster.com/glossary/punctuation.htm
Other forms of punctuation...UNDER CONSTRUCTION...
Quotation Marks - "Largesse"
Colon - :
Semi-Colon - ;
Apostrophe - Ain't is a word.
Hyphen - Hyphen
Period.
The punctuation mark you will probably run into most is called a period. See there's one now. (And another)
Most sentences end in periods. Periods are placed at the end of sentences termed declarative.
Declarative sentences are statements as opposed to questions, which brings us to our next punctuation mark.
Question Mark?
Questions marks come at the end of sentences that are, wait for it...questions. How about them apples?
Exclamation points!!!
While some overfly excited people like to put exclamation points all over their compositions, they really should be reserved for emergencies. You have a spider on your back! That's appropriate.
Commas
Commas are very common. Get it, comma, common. Commas denoted pauses in a sentence like a rest in music or they can be used to separate items in a list.
Examples:
I have to tell you something, there's a spider on you back.
Of these three items, a moose, a donkey or a spider, only one is definitely on your back.
If you want another explanation and a more complete compendium on every piece of punctuation, period, see this handy-dandy reference page...
www.grammar-monster.com/glossary/punctuation.htm
Other forms of punctuation...UNDER CONSTRUCTION...
Quotation Marks - "Largesse"
Colon - :
Semi-Colon - ;
Apostrophe - Ain't is a word.
Hyphen - Hyphen