Punctuation Crossword Puzzles

“A group of words containing a subject and a verb”

CLAUSE (6)

“A short mark used to join compound words or split a word between lines”

HYPHEN (6)

“Type of sentence made of two independent clauses joined together”

COMPOUND (8)

“A mark longer than a hyphen, used to show a break or emphasis”

DASH (4)

“Type of clause that can stand alone as a complete sentence”

INDEPENDENT (11)

“Describes a noun form that shows ownership, often using an apostrophe and s”

POSSESSIVE (10)

“A shortened form of two words combined with an apostrophe, like don't”

CONTRACTION (11)

“Slanted text style used to set off titles of books or movies”

ITALICS (7)

“A reference that credits the source of a quote or idea”

CITATION (8)

“A mark used to connect two closely related independent clauses without a conjunction”

SEMICOLON (9)

“A square mark used to add an editor's note inside a quotation”

BRACKET (7)

“Three dots used to show that words have been left out of a quotation”

ELLIPSIS (8)

“Type of clause that cannot stand alone as a complete sentence”

DEPENDENT (9)

“Type of sentence made of an independent clause and a dependent clause”

COMPLEX (7)

“The punctuation mark that ends a statement sentence”

PERIOD (6)

“The punctuation mark used to show a short pause in a sentence”

COMMA (5)

“A general word for a punctuation symbol”

MARK (4)

“A series of items often separated by commas”

LIST (4)

“The name of a book or story, sometimes shown in italics or quotes”

TITLE (5)

“The punctuation mark that joins two related complete sentences”

SEMICOLON (9)

“The curved marks used to add extra information to a sentence”

PARENTHESES (11)

“The type of letter used at the start of a sentence or a name”

CAPITAL (7)

“What a comma tells the reader to briefly do”

PAUSE (5)

“The punctuation mark made of two dots used before a list”

COLON (5)

“A sentence that shows strong feeling, ending with a mark like this: !”

EXCLAMATION (11)