A. abbreviating a word to avoid spelling it out.
B. putting a smiley face at the end of a sentence.
C. capitalizing certain words to indicate yelling.
D. using an exclamation point to show excitement.
The answer is B. putting a smiley face at the end of a sentence. The answer is B. because the definition of emoticon is "...textural portrayals of writers moods or facial expressions in the form of icons."
