Read the paragraph below.

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Read the paragraph below.

• The sun rose. Its rays dispersed. The city awoke
  to startling light. No one persisted in sleep.
  Day had begun. The people rose.

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I can

• determine the correct use of semicolons within
  context.

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Semicolon Notes

• Semicolons are a mixture of a comma and a colon.
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• Semicolons are used to join closely related
  independent clauses.
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Semicolon Rule 1

• Use semicolons to join two INDEPENDENT clauses
  that are not joined by a FANBOY.
• Make sure they are CLOSELY related.
• Related I called Erin she is my
  sister-in-law.
• Unrelated I called Erin did you notice it was
  raining this morning?

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Rule 2

• Use semicolons to separate items in a series that
  ALREADY have commas in them.
• Example I hope one day to visit Madrid, Spain
  Rome, Italy London, England and Berlin,
  Germany.

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Rule 3

• Use semicolons to join INDEPENDENT clauses when
  there is a transitional phrase or a CONJUNCTIVE
  ADVERB connecting them.
• Example Dad got snacks ready meanwhile, Mom
  set up the surprise movie.
• Example David got a new job as a result, his
  wife was able to quit hers.

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Conjunctive Adverbs Transitional Expressions

• Conjunctive Adverbs
• Accordingly
• Besides
• Consequently
• Furthermore
• However
• Indeed
• Instead
• Meanwhile
• Moreover
• Nevertheless
• Otherwise
• Therefore

• Transitional Expressions
• 1. As a result2. In addition3. For example
• 4. In other words
• 5. For instance
• 6. In conclusion
• 7. That is
• 9. In fact

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I can

• determine the correct use of semicolons within
  context.

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Lets review

• Why are semicolons important in your writing?
• Semicolons look like they are two types of
  punctuation combined what are those two types of
  punctuation?
• For your exit ticket, create one sentence for
  each of the semicolon rules.