PUNCTUATION SYMBOLS You use punctuation to add clarity and readability to your writing. Below is a list of the different symbols used for punctuation. NAMES OF PUNCTUATION MARKS Symbol <   > Angle brackets     ’ Apostrophe (heittomerkki)     * Asterisk     \ Backslash     (   )   Brackets Parentheses : Colon     , Comma (pilkku)     {   }   Curly brackets French braces — Dash (ajatusviiva)     “   ”   Inverted commas Quotation marks ‘   ’   Single inverted commas Single quotation marks  . . . Ellipsis points     ! Exclamation mark     .   Full stop Period - Hyphen (sidosmerkki)     ? Question mark     ; Semi-colon     / Slash/oblique/stroke     [   ]   Square brackets Brackets

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