Uses of the Ellipsis

Which is not something that an ellipsis (...) is used to indicate?

• passage of time
• an unfinished thought
• omitted text from a quotation
• a rhetorical question

Tags

CCSS.L.8.2A

CCSS.L.8.2B

What does the ellipsis in the following sentence indicate?
 
"I couldn't help noticing..." Mark's voice trailed off.

• passage of time
• an unfinished thought
• omitted text from a quotation

What does the ellipsis in the following sentence indicate?
 
I trained...and rained...we thought it would never stop.

• passage of time
• an unfinished thought
• omitted text from a quotation

What does the ellipsis in the following sentence indicate?
 
Without even being asked, Mary told us, "The tickets are cheap...but I still can't really recommend the performance."

• passage of time
• an unfinished thought
• omitted text from a quotation

Tags

CCSS.L.8.2A

CCSS.L.8.2B

What does the ellipsis in the following sentence indicate?
 
The clock chimed...and then chimed again...she counted sheep...and still Eloise could not sleep.

• passage of time
• an unfinished thought
• omitted text from a quotation

What does the ellipsis in the following sentence indicate?
 
"I can't stand that girl," Olive said. " She's so... I hate her!"

• passage of time
• an unfinished thought
• omitted text from a quotation

What does the ellipsis in the following sentence indicate?
 
"With the factory... the town's economy declined rapidly."

• passage of time
• an unfinished thought
• omitted text from a quotation

What does the ellipsis in the following sentence indicate?
 
"Chopin...was a gifted musician."

• passage of time
• an unfinished thought
• omitted text from a quotation

What does the ellipsis in the following sentence indicate?
 
I read that book. I...I wrote a report on it.

• passage of time
• an unfinished thought
• omitted text from a quotation

"These emotions can transform,... and consequently they have been understood as keys to the dynamics of emotional illness."

• passage of time
• an unfinished thought
• omitted text from a quotation

Tags

CCSS.L.8.2A

CCSS.L.8.2B