Dashes

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

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CCSS.L.11-12.2A

What do dashes add to sentences?

• Drama

• Whisper

• less emphasis

• less attention

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

"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

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

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

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

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.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

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"

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

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

• After " Dominic"

• After "lived"

• After "the hills"

• After "favorite"

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

What is the difference between a hyphen and a dash?

• The length of a hyphen is shorter than the length of a dash.
• Hyphens are typically used in compound adjectives, while dashes can be used to indicate an interruption, or a substitute for parentheses. 
• There are two types of dashes (em and en) but there is only one type of hyphen.
• All of the above.

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CCSS.L.11-12.2A

Add the correct hyphen(s) or dash(es) to the below sentence:

Mr. Lee suits the job he has more experience than everybody else in the department.

• Mr. Lee suits the job he has more experience than everybody else - in the department.

• Mr. Lee suits the job—he has more experience than everybody else in the department.

• Mr. Lee suits the job he has more experience than everybody else — in the department.

• Mr. Lee suits the job - he has more experience than everybody else in the department.

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CCSS.L.11-12.2A

Add the correct hyphen(s) or dash(es) to the below sentence:

There are fewer Italian American communities these days.

• There are fewer Italian-American communities these days.

• No change necessary.

• There are fewer Italian—American communities these days.

• There are fewer Italian —American communities these days

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CCSS.L.11-12.2A