Use of Dashes

Which sentence places the nonessential phrase (set off with dashes) in the best location and punctuates correctly?

• After he receives a telegram, Daniel returns to Paris and the museum--full of questions.

• After he receives a telegram--full of questions, Daniel returns to Paris and the museum.

• After he receives a telegram, Daniel--full of questions--returns to Paris and the museum.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

Which sentence places the nonessential phrase (set off with dashes) in the best location and punctuates correctly?

• Major Reinhold von Rumpel--despite a serious illness--pursues the Sea of Flames with single-minded intensity.

• Despite a serious illness--Major Reinhold von Rumpel pursues the Sea of Flames with single-minded intensity.

• Major Reinhold von Rumpel pursues the Sea of Flames with single-minded intensity--despite a serious illness.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

Which sentence places the nonessential phrase (set off with dashes) in the best location and punctuates correctly?

• All that she has left--Uncle Etienne must now be more just a friend to Marie as she has lost both her father and Madame Manec.

• Uncle Etienne--all that she has left--must now be more just a friend to Marie as she has lost both her father and Madame Manec.

• Uncle Etienne must now be more just a friend to Marie as she has lost both her father and Madame Manec--all that she has left.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

Which sentence places the nonessential phrase (set off with dashes) in the best location and punctuates correctly?

• Caught up in the thrill, Madame Manec--despite a serious illness--builds her own network of spies in Saint-Malo.

• Caught up in the thrill, Madame Manec--despite a serious illness, builds her own network of spies in Saint-Malo.

• Caught up in the thrill, Madame Manec builds her own network of spies in Saint-Malo--despite a serious illness.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

Which sentence places the nonessential phrase (set off with dashes) in the best location and punctuates correctly?

• Werner looks up to Volkheimer--rumored to be a brute who blindly follows even the most violent of orders--but he is always on edge in Dr. Hauptmann's laboratory.

• Werner--rumored to be a brute who blindly follows even the most violent of orders--looks up to Volkheimer, but he is always on edge in Dr. Hauptmann's laboratory.

• Werner looks up to Volkheimer, but he is always on edge in Dr. Hauptmann's laboratory--rumored to be a brute who blindly follows even the most violent of orders.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

Which sentence places the nonessential phrase (set off with dashes) in the best location and punctuates correctly?

• Uncle Etienne--haunted by hallucinations--must now be more than just a friend to Marie as she has lost both her father and Madame Manec.

• Haunted by hallucinations--Uncle Etienne must now be more than just a friend to Marie as she has lost both her father and Madame Manec.

• Uncle Etienne must now be more than just a friend--haunted by hallucinations--to Marie as she has lost both her father and Madame Manec.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

Which sentence places the nonessential phrase (set off with dashes) in the best location and punctuates correctly?

• Though she has lost her sight, the smells and textures of the ocean bring Marie back to life--all that she has left.

• Though she has lost her sight, the smells and textures of the ocean--all that she has left--bring Marie back to life.

• All that she has left--though she has lost her sight, the smells and textures of the ocean bring Marie back to life.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

Which sentence places the nonessential phrase (set off with dashes) in the best location and punctuates correctly?

• Marie is fascinated by the grotto--full of snails--shown to her by Hubert Bazin.

• Marie is fascinated by the grotto shown to her by Hubert Bazin--full of snails.

• Full of snails--Marie is fascinated by the grottoshown to her by Hubert Bazin.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

Which sentence places the nonessential phrase (set off with dashes) in the best location and punctuates correctly?

• After he receives the telegram, Daniel--which he hesitates to trust--returns to Paris and the museum.

• After he receives the telegram--which he hesitates to trust, Daniel returns to Paris and the museum.

• After he receives the telegram--which he hesitates to trust--Daniel returns to Paris and the museum.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

Which sentence places the nonessential phrase (set off with dashes) in the best location and punctuates correctly?

• After he receives the telegram, Daniel--leaving the Sea of Flames in Saint-Malo--returns to Paris and the museum.

• After he receives the telegram, Daniel returns to Paris and the museum--leaving the Sea of Flames in Saint-Malo.

• After he receives the telegram, Daniel returns to Paris--leaving the Sea of Flames in Saint-Malo---and the museum.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A