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"It looks like a real __________ oh no!"

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Dash

Front

Please grab your lacrosse stick______your jersey and your cleats_____ and meet me on the field in ten minutes.

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Comma

Front

Ghosts gathered______ goblins arrived_____ witches descended.

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Ellipsis

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What is used to signal an interruption in dialogue and emphasize breaks in thought & shifts in tone?

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dash

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A(n) ___ is used to set off direct quotations OR to separate 2 or more adjectives

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comma

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Which sentence uses DASHES correctly to explain a thought? Options:

If you need something, call my assistant Catherine — not Margaret and she’ll help you.

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If you need something, call my assistant—Catherine, not Margaret—and she’ll help you.

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If you need something, call my assistant—Catherine, not Margaret—and she’ll help you.

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A comma is used to do all of the following except: to separate a subordinate clause from an independent clause at the start of a complex sentence, to shorten a quoted passage by omitting words or phrases, to separate items in a series or a list, to combine 2 independent clauses joined with a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS).

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to shorten a quoted passage by omitting words or phrases

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Which line of dialogue is written correctly?

"I have made up my mind." She said, nodding. "I do not want to marry him."

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"I have made up my mind," she said, nodding. "I do not want to marry him."

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"I have made up my mind," she said, nodding. "I do not want to marry him."

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Which quotation uses an ellipsis correctly to indicate Olive's incomplete thought? Options: “I can't stand . . . Olive.", “I can’t stand that . . . girl." , “I can’t stand          that girl . . .", “I can’t stand that girl,” Olive said. “She’s so . . . I hate her.”

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“I can’t stand that girl,” Olive said. “She’s so . . . I hate her.”

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How can an ellipsis be used to shorten the quote: "dazzling, colorful, beautifully performed, and had many outstanding special effects."?

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A critic wrote that the musical was "dazzling, colorful, and beautifully performed. . . ."