Question

Malika is writing an essay about "Sleeping." Which of the following introductions reflects the correct comma and semicolon use:

The short story “Sleeping”, by Katherine Weber has an appropriate title because it applies to the characters in different ways. One can see this through the symbolism of Mr. And Mrs. Winter’s last name, Charles, (the sleeping baby) and Harriet’s inexperience and ignorance.

The short story, “Sleeping” by Katharine Weber, has an appropriate title because it applies to the characters in different ways; one can see this through the symbolism of Mr. and Mrs. Winters’ last name, Charles (the sleeping baby), and Harriet’s inexperience and ignorance.

The short story, “Sleeping” by Katharine Weber has an appropriate title because it applies to the characters in different ways, one can see this through the symbolism of Mr. and Mrs. Winters’ last name, Charles (the sleeping baby), and Harriet’s inexperience and ignorance.

The short story, “Sleeping”, by Katharine Weber, has an appropriate title because it applies to the characters in different ways, one can see this through the symbolism of Mr. and Mrs. Winters’ last name, Charles (the sleeping baby), and Harriet’s inexperience, and ignorance.

Answer 1

The short story, “Sleeping” by Katharine Weber, has an appropriate title because it applies to the characters in different ways; one can see this through the symbolism of Mr. and Mrs. Winters’ last name, Charles (the sleeping baby), and Harriet’s inexperience and ignorance.

Step-by-step explanation:

The only option that contains a semicolon is the second one. The semicolon is a punctuation mark used to connect two independent clauses that are closely related in thought. This is the cause in the given sentence.

In the third and fourth sentences, these two clauses are connected only by a comma, which makes them grammatically incorrect. This type of mistake is called a comma splice. It can be corrected by adding a conjunction or changing the comma into a semicolon.

The first sentence is the second-best one. There is no semicolon here, but it would be grammatically correct to put a period between these clauses. However, a comma after the word story is omitted, and another one is misplaced - there shouldn't be a comma after the world Charles, but there should be one after the parentheses.

This is why the second option is the correct one.