How can this sentence be re-written using a semicolon?
"Kayla likes little, brown dogs. She likes big, fluffy cats."
Kayla likes little, brown dogs, she likes big, fluffy cats.
Kayla likes little, brown dogs; and, she likes big, fluffy cats.
Kayla likes little, brown dogs, and; she likes big, fluffy cats.
Kayla likes big, fluffy cats and little, brown dogs.

Kayla likes little, brown dogs; she likes big, fluffy cats.

Explanation:

The semicolon is used when a thought in the sentence has ended, but the sentence will not be completed at that time, because the thought will receive a complement. In this case, the semicolon indicates a pause longer than the comma, to indicate the end of a thought, but the pause is less than the pause of the final point, to indicate that the thought has not yet been concluded.

We could rewrite the phrase "Kayla likes little, brown dogs. She likes big, fluffy cats" using a semicolon, replacing the period between the two thoughts with the semicolon. This would result in:

"Kayla likes little, brown dogs; she likes big, fluffy cats. "

taken from the novel “the adventures of huckleberry finn” by mark twain (1884), the author narrates about social issues and norms related to morality, prejudice, and slavery. twain included the excerpt above in order to discuss a moral conflict that huck is in: following the moral values he has received from the society in which he lives. moreover, there are moral issues such as gilt and blame discussed here. in the excerpt above, which is part of chapter xvi, huck faces a dilemma: jim to escape or telling miss watson about jim’s flight. huck feels confused, since by choosing one action or another someone is going to get hurt. both jim and miss watson have him in different ways; jim has protected him and has been very kind with him and miss watson has him with his education. the following sentence is a clear example of the dilemma huck faces when he narrates what his conscience tells him: “what had poor miss watson done to you that you could see her niger go off right under your eyes and never say one single word? ”.