Dash and Ellipsis Practice

Place a dash after which word:  Our agents were undertaking a special mission in Reims a mission that Delphine had spearheaded under my direction.

• AGENTS
• REIMS
• MISSION
• SPEARHEADED

Place a dash after:  I sent Margot and Agnes with her Margot to keep watch and Agnes to distract the guards.

• SENT
• AGNES
• MARGOT (1ST)
• HER

Place a dash after:  It’s not only our lives on the line it’s the lives of thousands of Allied soldiers.

• NOT
• ONLY
• LINE
• ALLIED

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CCSS.L.8.2A

Which is the correct way to use the dash in the following:
She knew who would try out for competition cheer and they were Madi, Kendalyn, and Abigail.

• She knew who would try out for competition cheer and they were Madi - Kendalyn - Abigail.
• She knew who would try out for competition cheer - and they were Madi, Kendalyn, and Abigail.
• She knew who would try out for competition cheer and they were Madi - Kendalyn, and Abigail.
• She knew who would try out for competition cheer - Madi, Kendalyn, and Abigail.

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CCSS.L.8.2A

Which is the correct way to use the dash in the following:
The Beatles (the most famous rock band in history) were from England.

• The Beatles, the most famous rock band in history - were from England.
• The Beatles - the most famous rock band in history - were from England.
• The Beatles - the most famous rock band in history; were from England.
• No change

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CCSS.L.8.2A

CCSS.L.6.2A

Books, paper, pencils ? many students lacked the most basic classroom materials in nineteenth-century America.

• Colon
• Semicolon
• Dash
• Hyphen

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CCSS.L.8.2A

"I can't wait to see Phantom of the Opera on Broadway  this June. The tickets are expensive but worth it," said Jo.
Which of the following shows how the author could correctly use an ellipsis to shorten the quote?

• "I can't wait to see Phantom of the Opera. The tickets are expensive . . . but worth it," said Jo.
• "I can't wait to see Phantom of the Opera. . . . The tickets are expensive but worth it," said Jo.
• "I can't wait to see Phantom of the Opera. The tickets are expensive but worth it . . . ," said Jo.
• "I can't wait . . . to see Phantom of the Opera. The tickets are expensive but worth it," said Jo.

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CCSS.L.8.2A

CCSS.L.8.2B

Why is the em dash used in this sentence?
" I found my journal in my brother's room— after he had read the best parts. 

• to emphasize that the brother read the best parts of the journal
• to show the end of the sentence does not belong with the beginning
• because it is an independent clause
• because the writer now hates his brother

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CCSS.L.8.2A

Insert dashes where needed, if needed.
The only thing Felix could do if he could do anything was to sit and wait for the results

• The only thing Felix could do if he could do anything--was to sit and wait for the results.
• The only thing Felix could do if he could do anything was to sit and wait for the results.
• The only thing Felix could do--if he could do anything--was to sit and wait for the results
• The only thing--Felix--could do if he could do anything was to sit and wait for the results.

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CCSS.L.8.2A

What is an ellipsis?

• An ellipsis is an emoji that looks a lot like a stop sign says but says; go
• An ellipsis is a series of exclamation marks (!!!) indicating a great amount of excitement
• An ellipsis is a set of three periods ( . . . ) indicating an omission
• all of the above

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CCSS.L.8.2A

CCSS.L.8.2B