Symbols

period (.)

question mark (?)

exclamation point (!)

semicolon (;)

colon (:)

comma (,)

period (.)

dash (—)

hyphen (-)

Brackets ([])

Braces ({})

Parentheses ( () )

apostrophe (‘)

Quotations marks (” “)

Single quotation marks (‘ ‘)

ellipsis  (. . . ) or (***)

British English / American English
The ” . ” symbol is called A full stop / a period
The ” ! ” symbol is called an exclamation mark / an exclamation point
The ” ( ) ” symbols are called brackets / parentheses
The ” [ ] ” symbols are called square brackets / brackets
The position of quotation marks Joy means “happiness”. / Joy means “happiness.”
The punctuation for abbreviations Dr, Mr, Mrs, St, Rd, Ct / Dr., Mr., Mrs., St., Rd., Ct.