Purposeful Punctuation and Me

After reading "Purposeful Punctuation," I realized that I absolutely do not have a diverse writing style when it comes to punctuation. I don't think I even knew that there were so many different ways to express the same ideas using creative punctuation. Of course, there is no way that I will remember all of the rules and situations proposed in this chapter, but at least I now know where to look for reference.

It still amazes me that there are so many different ways to say the same thing; it just depends on how you want the message to come across to the reader. For me, the greatest example of this is on page 366. Kolln points out that explanatory material can be highlighted by using a dash, or downplayed by using parentheses. Simple punctuation changes the way the information is interpreted.

One of my goals for this course was to learn various ways in which to punctuate my sentences to make them more physically appealing and emotionally exciting. This chapter has shown me many ways to use punctuation to do this. Of course, I don't think I will ever be an expert, and I definitely don't expect to be!