Using the Ellipsis

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English
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7th - 8th Grade
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Joe Beneschan
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15 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Read the original text:
A newly discovered species of titanosaur—a sauropod that lived 95 million years ago—may be the largest dinosaur that ever existed.
Is the following an appropriate use of an ellipsis?
"A newly discovered species of titanosaur . . . may be the largest dinosaur that ever existed."
Yes
No
Tags
CCSS.L.8.2A
CCSS.L.8.2B
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Read the original text:
The El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a phenomenon associated with fluctuating ocean temperatures in the Pacific Ocean. The warm phase of the cycle results in increased precipitation across the southern United States.
Is the following an appropriate use of an ellipsis?
"The El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is a phenomenon associated with fluctuating ocean temperatures . . . across the southern United States."
Yes
No
Tags
CCSS.L.8.2A
CCSS.L.8.2B
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Read the original text:
That man has lived as a hermit in the remote wilderness, more than two hundred miles from the nearest town, for nearly thirty years.
Is the following an appropriate use of an ellipsis?
"That man has lived as a hermit in the remote wilderness . . . for nearly thirty years."
Yes
No
Tags
CCSS.L.8.2A
CCSS.L.8.2B
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Read the original text:
NASA's Langley Research Center sponsored a kids' art contest with the theme "The Future is Now," and the results reveal the students' optimism and pessimism about the future.
Is the following an appropriate use of an ellipsis?
"NASA's Langley Research Center sponsored a kids' art contest . . . reveal the students' optimism and pessimism about the future."
Yes
No
Tags
CCSS.L.8.2A
CCSS.L.8.2B
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Read the original text:
When the online social networking site Facebook first launched in 2004, it served only students at Harvard University.
Is the following an appropriate use of an ellipsis?
"When . . . Facebook first launched in 2004, it served only students at Harvard University."
Yes
No
Tags
CCSS.L.8.2A
CCSS.L.8.2B
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Read the original text:
Additive manufacturing, or 3-D printing, is a process where layers of material are laid down to create a three-dimensional object based on a digital model.
Is the following an appropriate use of an ellipsis?
"Additive manufacturing, or 3-D printing, . . . create a three-dimensional object based on a digital model."
Yes
No
Tags
CCSS.L.8.2A
CCSS.L.8.2B
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
2 mins • 1 pt
Read the original text:
In the Karakum Desert of central Turkmenistan, the Darvaza gas crater, just over one hundred fifty miles from the country's capital, has been burning for more than forty years.
Is the following an appropriate use of an ellipsis?
"In the Karakum Desert of central Turkmenistan, the Darvaza gas crater . . . has been burning for more than forty years."
Yes
No
Tags
CCSS.L.8.2A
CCSS.L.8.2B
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