Punctuation (Hyphens, Dashes, Parenthesis, Ellipses)

What is used to show a pause in dialogue or to show that words or sentences have been left out? (HINT: ...)

• comma

• space

• hyphen

• ellipses

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CCSS.L.8.2A

CCSS.L.8.2B

What is used to show a sudden break in a sentence, to emphasize a word or clause, and to show that someone's speech is being interrupted?

• hyphen

• dash

• quotation mark

• a breath

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CCSS.L.11-12.2

What is used around words that are included in a sentence to add information or to help make an idea clearer?

• parentheses

• quotation marks

• hypehn

• dash

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CCSS.L.11-12.2

How would you hyphenate the word goober at the end of a line?

• goo-ber

• go-ober

• goob-er

• Correct as is.

Pick the correct use of ellipses in the sentence:

It is not much more than sand pressed tightly together and mixed with clay, which acts as a kind of cement.

• It is . . . sand pressed tightly together and . . . acts as a kind of cement.

• It...acts as a kind of cement.

• It is not much more than sand . . . mixed with clay.

• It is . . . more than sand . . . mixed with clay.

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CCSS.L.8.2B

CCSS.L.8.2A

In the following sentence, where does a hyphen need added: Yesterday, my cousin turned twenty five.

• Yester-day

• my-cousin

• twenty-five

• turn-ed

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CCSS.L.11-12.2

CCSS.L.11-12.2A

What is used to divide words at the end of a line and to form compound words?

• dash

• comma

• ellipses

• hyphen

Hyphenate the following word as it would be at the end of a line: doesn't

• does-n't

• doesn't

• do-esn't

• None of the above

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CCSS.L.11-12.2A

Insert a hyphen in the following sentence: The heart pounding ending left me breathless.

• The heart-pounding ending left me breathless.

• The heart pounding-ending left me breathless.

• The heart-pounding-ending left me breathless.

• The heart pounding ending left me breath-less.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

Which word needs hyphenated in the following sentence:

The company halted in house production of its magazine.

• company-halted

• in-house

• house-production

• in-house-production