English- Colon, Semi-colon, and dashes

Which sentences use a semi-colon correctly?

I did not study; therefore, I failed the test

Which sentences use a colon correctly?

Only three students came to the meeting: Wilbur, Fred, and Albert

What are the conjunctive adverbs? ( sentence connectors)

Therefore, however, in spite of, thus, hence, in addition, nevertheless, subsequently

A colon introduces..

a list or series

A colon serves to...

catapult the attention of the reader forward

A colon is used...

following the salutation of a business letter

Example of a dash....

he new student- what a snob - strutted down the hallway.

A dash is not a..

hyphen

Punctuations adds...

pauses, creativity, emphasis, style, and variety

Both sentences could stand alone when written with a

semi-colon

Overuse of a dash..

takes away the impact

A dash is used...

to separate new ideas or unneeded information, to create an emphatic pause of interruption, and a reverse colon

A semi-colon is used..

when an author wants to both separate and connect two complete sentences