The hyphen is used join parts of some compound wordsin dividing a word at the end of a lineto show missing letters in contractionsin writing numbersto show possessionto join prefixes to root words (if the last letter of the prefix and the first letter of the suffix are the same)

Order the events as they occurred in history. thomas edison and william dickson invent the kinetoscope. the view from the window at le gras is created. disney produces flowers and trees, the first color film. stanley kubrick revolutionizes special effects with 2001: a space odyssey. muybridge creates the horse in motion. francis ford coppola’s apocalypse now is selected for preservation by the library of congress. d. w. griffith directs the birth of a nation. marilyn monroe makes her film debut.