PUNCTUATION colons, dashes, hyphens, and parentheses.
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9th - 12th Grade
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
Use _______ to separate items in a series that is complicated by internal
commas
semicolon
dashes
parentheses
hyphens
Answer explanation
have lived in Jacksonville, Florida; Atlantic Beach, Florida; Orono, Maine; San Jose,
California; Ben Lomond, California; and Los Angeles, California.
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Use a ________ to signal a dramatic shift in tone or thought.
hyphen
dash
parentheses
comma
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
used to join two or more words together that are being used to describe a noun.
dash
hyphen
parentheses
colon
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
used to join two or more words together that are being used to describe a noun.
COLONS
dashes
parenthesis
semicolons
hyphens
Tags
CCSS.L.11-12.2A
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Introduce a list
COLONS
dashes
parentheses
semicolons
hyphens
Tags
CCSS.L.9-10.2B
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Used between two complete sentences that are related.
colon
semicolon
hypen
dash
Tags
CCSS.L.9-10.2A
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
45 sec • 1 pt
are used to set off information that is useful but not essential to the meaning of
the sentence.
dashes
hyphens
parentheses
colons
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