The extent to which middle school students are able to use punctuation marks in writing

Abstract

Punctuation marks are one of the most important controls in writing, their task is to make the sound special tones, and prestigious symbols in writing, which facilitates the understanding and perception of the recipient. Determining the locations of the chapter, the connection, the endowment, and the beginning, where the researcher conducted an achievement test consisting of three questions. And the third question: is to distinguish between the question mark, the exclamation point, the semicolon, and the dash, and the researcher concluded that there is a noticeable weakness among third-grade students in the use of punctuation marks. Where most of the students put the semicolon, the wonder, and the question mark, as the study showed that there was not a single student who did not make a mistake in the phonetic expression of the meanings of the punctuation marks, or his inability to use the correct use of the punctuation marks in writing.

key words: middle school students, punctuation marks, Writing