Dashes

Dashes

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Dashes

Dashes

Assessment

Quiz

English

6th - 8th Grade

Hard

CCSS
L.11-12.2A, L.6.2A, L.9-10.2A

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

Which description describes a hyphen?

A connection between words that are working as a unit

used to separate a group of words.

to indicate a longer pause than a comma

all of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2A

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

What do dashes add to sentences?

Drama

Whisper

less emphasis

less attention

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

"After eighty years of dreaming, the elderly man realized it was time to finally revisit the land of his youth—Ireland." What does this dash do to this passage.

Nothing

Emphasize where he came from

as a pause

Both b and c

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Where would you place the dash in this passage?

"The Office a harmless television program or a dangerous guide to delinquency in the workplace?"

Nowhere

After "The Office"

Before "in the workplace"

Both b and c can work

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

After a split second of hesitation, the second baseman leaped for the ball or, rather, limped for it.

Where does the dash go?

After " After a split second of hesitation".

Before "or, rather, limped for it".

Doesn't belong

Both a and b.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

Bob Smith ate cookies while drinking milk.

Where does the dash go in this passage?

No dash is needed

After "Bob Smith".

After "Ate".

After "While"

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

Dominic lived in the hills his favorite place. Where does the dash go?

After " Dominic"

After "lived"

After "the hills"

After "favorite"

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

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