Salamander Sand
correct place for a semi colon?
did i use the semi colon correctly or no?
One example of figurative language in Fahrenheit 451 is are titles of each of the sections; “The Hearth and the Salamander,” “The Sieve and the Sand” and “Burning Bright.”
Semicolon is not needed; a comma will work just fine. Use a semicolon when you are joining 2 complete sentences and a comma or a colon before lists of things.
Also, you have “is” and “are” where you just need “are” and change “titles” to “the titles”.
The colon is often used to introduce a list of items. For example:
You will need to bring three things to the party: some food, something to drink, and a small gift for the hostess.
The semi-colon is often used to join together two independent clauses — in other words, it joins two clauses that could be sentences. For example:
Mary drives a Mercedes; Joanne drives a Chevrolet.
These two clauses could be separate sentences: “Mary drives a Mercedes. Joanne drives a Chevrolet.” However, when we use a semi-colon, we are usually suggesting that there is a relationship between the sentences, but we are not making that relationship clear. Usually, you can tell from the context what the relationship is. In the example above, the relationship is probably CONTRAST; we could also use “but” to make this clear: “Mary drives a Mercedes, but Joanne drives a Chevrolet.” When we use a semi-colon, it is often because we want to make the reader think about the relationship for herself. This is useful in many situations, such as when writing cautiously, ironically, or humorously.
