Which one correctly shows the omission of information? Think about which one makes the most sense as a complete sentence even with the missing information.

“His class visited the space museum. . . .”

“His class visited the new museum . . . the old museum.”

Which one correctly shows the omission of information? Think about which one makes the most sense as a complete sentence even with the missing information.

“At the end of every school year, we have a dance in the school gymnasium. . .”

“At the end of every school year, we have a dance . . . evening of snacks and laughter."

Which one correctly shows the omission of information? Think about which one makes the most sense as a complete sentence even with the missing information.

“She studied elephants. . . and recognized how close-knit they are.”

“She studied elephants . . . they are.”

Which one correctly shows the omission of information? Think about which one makes the most sense as a complete sentence even with the missing information.

The teacher explained, “Although your essay was great, it was . . . lacking a solid conclusion.”

The teacher explained, “Although your essay was great, it was . . .conclusion.”

Which sentence uses hyphens correctly?

Sally is going to Florida to see her great-grandfather.

Sally is going to Florida to see-her great grandfather.

Which sentence uses hyphens correctly?

Our food bill last week was twenty-five dollars.

Our food bill last week was twenty five-dollars.

Which sentence uses hyphens correctly?

Our mom insisted we pay attention to the long-term effects.

Our mom insisted we-pay attention to the long term effects.

Which sentence uses dashes correctly? Remember, you should be able to take the piece of the sentence with the dash/dashes out, and it should make perfect sense as a complete sentence.

Against all odds, Eric--the best player on the team--broke his leg.

Against all odds, Eric the best player on the team broke-- his-- leg.

Which sentence uses dashes correctly? Remember, you should be able to take the piece of the sentence with the dash/dashes out, and it should make perfect sense as a complete sentence.

Beth couldn’t sleep-- tired as she was-- due to the barking dog outside.

Beth couldn’t sleep tired as she was due-- to the barking dog outside.

Which sentence uses dashes correctly? Remember, you should be able to take the piece of the sentence with the dash/dashes out, and it should make perfect sense as a complete sentence.

My relationship with my brother is simple-- we fight, stay mad at each other, and make up.

My relationship with my brother is simple we fight, stay mad at each other, and-- make up.

Which sentence uses dashes correctly? Remember, you should be able to take the piece of the sentence with the dash/dashes out, and it should make perfect sense as a complete sentence.

The pastor-- who was a great man-- officiated at the wedding.

The pastor who was a great man officiated-- at the wedding.

Dashes, Hyphens, Ellipses ASSESSMENT

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If you have to OMIT or take out information from a sentence, you should use_______.

an ellipsis (...)

a dash

a hyphen

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CCSS.L.8.2B

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a pause

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Dashes, Hyphens, Ellipses ASSESSMENT

If you have to OMIT or take out information from a sentence, you should use_______.

If you had a compound word that you needed to separate, you would use_______.

If you had extra information to ADD to a sentence, you would use_______.

If you wanted to show an unfinished thought while writing a sentence, you would use_______.

If you wanted to show a separation of a list of ideas, you would use_______.

If you wanted to show a pause while writing a sentence, you would use_______.

This sentence from Night shows_____ using an ellipsis.

"We mustn't give up hope, even now as the sword hangs over our heads. So taught our sages..."

This sentences from Night shows_______ with the ellipsis.

"Yes, I did see this, with my own eyes...children thrown into the flames."

The band meets at 3:30. . . . The orchestra meets at 4:00. . . . The choir meets at 6:00.

The ellipsis shows_________.

Which one correctly shows the omission of information?

Think about which one makes the most sense as a complete sentence even with the missing information.

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If you have to OMIT or take out information from a sentence, you should use_______.

If you had a compound word that you needed to separate, you would use_______.

﻿If you had extra information to ADD to a sentence, you would use_______.

If you wanted to show an unfinished thought while writing a sentence, you would use_______.

If you wanted to show a separation of a list of ideas, you would use_______.

If you wanted to show a pause while writing a sentence, you would use_______.

This sentence from Night shows_____ using an ellipsis."We mustn't give up hope, even now as the sword hangs over our heads. So taught our sages..."

This sentences from Night shows_______ with the ellipsis."Yes, I did see this, with my own eyes...children thrown into the flames."

The band meets at 3:30. . . . The orchestra meets at 4:00. . . . The choir meets at 6:00.The ellipsis shows_________.

Which one correctly shows the omission of information?Think about which one makes the most sense as a complete sentence even with the missing information.

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If you had extra information to ADD to a sentence, you would use_______.

This sentence from Night shows_____ using an ellipsis.

"We mustn't give up hope, even now as the sword hangs over our heads. So taught our sages..."

This sentences from Night shows_______ with the ellipsis.

"Yes, I did see this, with my own eyes...children thrown into the flames."

The band meets at 3:30. . . . The orchestra meets at 4:00. . . . The choir meets at 6:00.

The ellipsis shows_________.

Which one correctly shows the omission of information?

Think about which one makes the most sense as a complete sentence even with the missing information.