"<span>b. had been a most unpleasant coincidence that the power outage had come when we had guests staying over; the entire house was full" uses a semicolon correctly because there is a long pause. </span>
Bold-faced and italicized words help readers by focusing attention on important words and phrases.
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According to Poor Richard’s Almanac:
At 22 years of age, Franklin had not made much progress toward the goal of his ambition. (Franklin 7)
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