Colon, semicolon and quotation marks

Series: Fearless Punctuation Series

Duration: 0:14:13

Genre: Educational | Historical

Year Published: 1977

Creator: Coronet Films: Distributor | Indiana University Audio-Visual Center: Distributor

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Copyright: Registered 25Oct77 · MP32363 (Jul-Dec 1977) Copyright holder: Centron Corporation, Inc

Description: Uses separate dramatized incidents to explain the proper use of the colon, semicolon, and quotation marks. Shows a hiker, with the help of a park rangerette, discovering what a colon is, what it's used for, and why it's similar to a pair of binoculars. Describes the semicolon as a super comma. Uses a tape deck and a record player to demonstrate the difference between direct and indirect quotations., Live action photography and cartoon animation are employed to instruct students in the proper use of colons, semicolons, and quotation marks in writing.

Complete Record: , Uses separate dramatized incidents to explain the proper use of the colon, semicolon, and quotation marks. Shows a hiker, with the help of a park rangerette, discovering what a colon is, what it's used for, and why it's similar to a pair of binoculars. Describes the semicolon as a super comma. Uses a tape deck and a record player to demonstrate the difference between direct and indirect quotations., Live action photography and cartoon animation are employed to instruct students in the proper use of colons, semicolons, and quotation marks in writing.NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.