1. Emoticons

2. What are emoticons?
Emoticons, which are sometimes called “smileys”, are characters you type on your keyboard that represent various emotions.
They are used when writing s to help with understanding since facial expressions are absent in on-line communication.
Combination of the words “emotion” and “icon”.

3. When do I use emoticons?
Emoticons are often used in messages and in chat rooms.

4. So……..what does an emoticon look like?
:-)

5. You have to turn your head sideways to see an emoticon.
:-)
:-)

6. What keys do I use to make an emoticon?
Colon :
Semi-colon ;
Dash
Parenthesis ( and )
Capital D D
Zero 0
Others

7. Examples of emoticons There are literally hundreds of emoticons.
Some are used frequently.
Others are used infrequently depending on the user.
You can make up your own. There are no rules!

8. The writer is amazed.
:-o

9. The writer is sad.
:-(

10. The writer is winking.
;-)

11. The writer is crying.
:_(

12. The writer is wearing glasses.
8-)

13. The writer is wearing a walkman.
[:-)

14. How do I use them in an e-mail?

15. Questions?