Punctuation, Part 2

In this post, I will look at three more topics of punctuation.

Jelte "Semicolon" 6/12/05 via Wikipedia. Public domain,

• The semicolon: I knew most of the content on semicolons; I didn't know that semicolons are used to separate items in a series containing internal punctuation. That definitely makes more complicated lists flow better and makes those sentences more clear.
• The colon: Everything I know about colons is from this video. Surprisingly, I know when to use a colon from that song. The book clarified when to avoid a colon but I don't write thinking about when I can use a colon, so I think I can avoid those situations on my own.
• Quotation marks: There are quite a few rules on quotation marks. At some point or another, I've learned about them all but I don't frequently think about how to properly use quotation marks while writing. Either it's second nature at this point or I need to take a second look at all my quotation marks in my draft.

In my essay, I used these three things correctly most of the time. I had to revise the beginning of a quote but that's it. I didn't use a semicolon nor a colon in my rough draft whatsoever but I am using them in the final draft and now I have a better idea of how to appropriately use them.