1. The Colon

2. IN WRITING, ONLY USE COLONS AFTER COMPLETE SENTENCES!!!!!!!!!!!!
PLEASE !!!!!!!
AAAAGHHHH!!!!

3. 1. Use a colon to introduce a list, an identification, or a quotation after a complete sentence.
Lists… There are three reasons why I would not want to be a candy bar: short life span, immobility, and claustrophobia. You need to buy these ingredients: broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, oregano, ketchup, mustard, and pickles.

4. 1. Use a colon to introduce a list, an identification, or a quotation after a complete sentence.
Identification: Now I’m going to talk about my favorite food in the world: burritos! Only one soldier survived the siege: Don Julio Rodriguez.

5. 1. Use a colon to introduce a list, an identification, or a quotation after a complete sentence.
Quotation: What the Chief of Staff said next made everyone gasp: “I have been to college.” One line from that poem changed my life: “Toast is tasty…mmm, so tasty.”

6. 2. Use a colon to separate two independent clauses (just like a semicolon!) when a second independent clause elaborates on the first one.
The location of their new home didn’t suit them: there was no land to raise goats nearby. She had finally achieved her dream: she was an Olympic gold medalist. There was one difference between John and the rest of the group: when he took the bull by the horns, he rode the bull with great ferocity.

7. Colon “Don’ts”
My favorite food are: burritos, nachos, and enchiladas.
(NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!JUST LEAVE THE
COLON OUT!!!!!!!!!!! YOU
DON’T NEED IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)

8. Colon “Don’ts”
Native Americans use the buffalo for: food, clothing, jewelry, and many other things.
NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!! JUST LEAVE THE COLON
OUT!!!!!!!!!!! YOU DON’T NEED
IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)