George Orwell's essay "Shooting an Elephant" is

about a rampaging elephant; and Orwell's

decision to shoot this elephant.

She

has three dogs: two poodles and a beagle.

She

has three dogs; two poodles and a beagle.

Semicolon
Asemicoloncan be used between two closely related
independent clauses, provided they are not already joined
by a coordinating conjunction. Semicolons can also be used
in place of commas to separate items in a list, particularly
when the elements of that list contain commas.

When to use semicolon?

Between

closely relatedindependent clause not

conjoined with acoordinating conjunction, when the two
clauses are balanced, opposed or contradictory.
Ex. 1. My wife would like tea; I would prefer coffee.
2. I went to the basketball court; I was told it was
closed for cleaning.
When

a comma replaces a period (full stop) in a

quotation, or when a quotation otherwise links two
independent sentences.
Ex. 1. "I have no use for this," he said; "you are
welcome to it."
2. "Is this your book?" she asked; "I found it on the
floor."

Between

independent clauses linked with a

transitional phrase or aconjunctive adverb.
This is the least common use, and is mostly
confined to academic texts.
Ex. 1. Everyone knows he is guilty of
committing the crime; of course, it will never
be proven.
2. It can occur in both melodic and harmonic
lines; however, it is subject to certain
restraints.

Colon
Thecolonis apunctuation mark consisting of two equally
sized dots centered on the same vertical line. A colon is used
to explain or start an enumeration. A colon is also used
withratios, titles andsubtitlesof books, city and publisher
inbibliographies, business letter salutation, hours and
minutes, andformal letters.

When to use colon?

colon

used before list

Ex. Williams was so hungry he ate
everything in the house: chips, cold
pizza, pretzels and dip, hot dogs, peanut
butter and candy.
colon used before a description
Ex. Jane is so desperate that she'll date
anyone, even
Tom: he's uglier than a
squashed toad on the
highway, and
that's on his good days.

colon

before definition
Ex. For years while I was reading
Shakespeare'sOthelloand criticism on it, I
had to constantly look up the word
"egregious" since the
villain uses that
word: outstandingly bad or shocking.
colon before explanation
Ex. I had a rough weekend: I had chest
pain and spent all Saturday and Sunday in
the emergency room.

Exclamation mark
Theexclamation markorexclamation pointis
apunctuation mark usually used after
aninterjectionorexclamationto indicate strong feelings or
high volume (shouting), and often marks the end of a
sentence.
Ex. Watch out!
Similarly, a bare exclamation mark (with nothing before or
after) is often used inwarning signs.

Ellipsis
Ellipsis (pl. Ellipses)is a series of dots that usually
indicates an intentional omission of a word, sentence, or
whole section from a text without altering its original
meaning.[1]Depending on their context and placement in
a sentence, ellipses can also indicate an unfinished
thought, a leading statement, a slight pause, or a
nervous or awkward silence.Aposiopesisis the use of an
ellipsis to trail off into silence. for example: "But I thought
he was. . ."When placed at the beginning or end of a
sentence, the ellipsis can also inspire a feeling of
melancholy or longing.

For example:
"But I thought he was. . ."
When placed at the beginning or end of a
sentence, the ellipsis can also inspire a
feeling of melancholy or longing.

The ellipsis can also be used to indicate a pause in

the flow of a sentence and is especially useful in
quoted speech.
Ex. 1. Juan thought and thought and then
thought some
more.
2. "I'm wondering" Juan said, bemused.

CORRECT
This answer is correct because
there is no independent clause
after the semicolon.

CORRECT
use a colon after a
complete sentence to
introduce any list.

WRONG

WRONG