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5. Gives human qualities to non-human things.
8. Joins words or sentences (and, but, so…).
9. Shows an omission or a pause.
11. mark Shows strong feelings or follows an interjection.
12. Names a person, place, thing, or idea.
13. Shows direction, location, or time.
16. Ends a questioning sentence.
17. Says one thing is another.
19. Links two closely related independent clauses.
20. Describes a noun.
21. comma The comma before the conjunction in a list of three or more items.
22. An action, doing, or being word.

1. Indicates a brief pause or joins clauses.
2. Used at the start of sentences and for proper nouns.
3. Joins words like chocolate-covered or twenty-five.
4. Replaces a noun.
6. Used at the end of a complete sentence.
7. Introduces a quote or explanation.
10. Adds extra information without changing meaning.
14. Compares using like or as.
15. Describes a verb, often ending in –ly.
18. Shows ownership, like Michelle’s hat or shows missing letters in contractions like don’t.
20. Comes before a noun.