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Type: Open-Ended
Category: Colons and Semicolons
Level: Grade 9
Standards: CCRA.L.2, L.9-10.2, L.9-10.2a, L.9-10.2b
Tags: ELA-Literacy.L.9-10.2.A
Author: szeiger
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Grade 9 Colons and Semicolons CCSS: CCRA.L.2, L.9-10.2, L.9-10.2a, L.9-10.2b

“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” - Man and Superman

Explain why the author uses a colon instead of a semicolon.