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Semicolon vs. Colon...And What is a Comma Splice?  PPTSemicolon vs. Colon...And What is a Comma Splice?  PPT
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Semicolon vs. Colon...And What is a Comma Splice?

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Designed originally for higher education, this PowerPoint could also be used to introduce your high schoolers to the semicolon, colon, and comma splice. The texts do not contain pictures or graphics; instead, they present information in an organized, bullet-point template. 

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colons, punctuation, semicolons, commas, comma splices, run-on sentences

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comma, punctuation, colon, comma splice, semicolon, english language arts
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Grade
10th - Higher Ed
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
Presentations
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For Teacher Use
Number of Slides
15

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