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Lesson duration is: 30 minItems in this lesson
Slide 1 - Video
What is the difference between men and women using exclamation points, according to men?
A
Women use exclamation points more often.
B
Women are perceived as less professional when using exclamation points.
Slide 2 - Quiz
Slide 3 - Video
What is the difference between men and women using exclamation marks, according to men?
Slide 4 - Open question
What is the difference between men and women using exclamation points, according to men?
A
Women use exclamation points more often.
B
Women are perceived as less professional when using exclamation points.
C
Women are perceived as more professional than men using exclamation points.
D
Men should not use exclamation points.
Slide 5 - Quiz
What does this man think about exclamation marks?
Slide 6 - Open question
What were exclamation marks originally used for?
Slide 7 - Open question
What did the Spaniards do to the exclamation mark?
Slide 8 - Open question
How often did an exclamation point appear in Melville's Moby Dick?
A
±1700
B
±1000
C
±1900
D
±1500
Slide 9 - Quiz
Why did the exclamation mark become uncool among writers after 1920?
Slide 10 - Open question
Who invented the 'interrobang'?
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A
Penny Speckter
B
Martin Speckter
C
Ernest Hemingway
D
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Slide 11 - Quiz
Why didn't the interrobang catch on?
A
People just didn't like it
B
It came too late, other punctuation was more popular
C
They couldn't find a use for the interrobang
D
It was forbidden by the government
Slide 12 - Quiz
Why do women need multiple exclamation marks?
Slide 13 - Open question
Why does this man include exclamation marks in his tweets?
