Ellipses for omissions

ellipsis

• ?
• !
• ...
• ;

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CCSS.L.8.2A

CCSS.L.8.2B

What is the best way to rewrite this sentence to shorten it?
I went to the park yesterday and Joey went to the park also.

• . . . to the park yesterday and Joey went to the park also.
• I went to the park . . . and Joey went to the park also.
• I went to the park yesterday and Joey went . . .also.
• I went to the park yesterday...also.

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CCSS.L.8.2A

CCSS.L.8.2B

For each item, insert an ellipsis where needed in the following sentence: "Jessie thought she had done the right thing, but she couldn’t be sure"

• Jessie thought... she had done the right thing, but... she couldn’t be sure

• Jessie thought she had done the right thing... but she couldn’t be sure

• Jessie thought she had done the right thing, but she couldn’t... be sure

• Jessie thought she had done the right thing, but she couldn’t be sure...

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CCSS.L.8.2A

CCSS.L.8.2B

Are the ellipses being used to show omission or pause?
Please . . . don’t go yet. 

• pause
• omission

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CCSS.L.8.2A

CCSS.L.8.2B

A(n) _____ is a series of 3 dots ( . . .) that is used when omitting a word, phrase, or line, from a quoted passage.

• period

• comma

• dash

• ellipsis

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CCSS.L.8.2A

CCSS.L.8.2B

An ellipsis can be used to create suspense

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.8.2A

CCSS.L.8.2B

The principal walked into the classroom and pointed at Michael . . . it wasn't until they were in the principal's office that Michael found out why.

Why is the ellipsis used in this sentence?

• passage of time

• an unfinished thought

• to show words missing from a quotation

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CCSS.L.8.2A

CCSS.L.8.2B

A reviewer wrote that the musical was "dazzling, colorful, beautifully performed, and had many outstanding special effects."

Which of the following shows how the author could correctly use an ELLIPSIS to shorten the quote?

• A critic wrote that the musical was "dazzling, colorful, and beautifully performed. . . ."

• A critic wrote that the musical was "dazzling, colorful, . . . and beautifully performed."

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CCSS.L.8.2A

CCSS.L.8.2B

Which of the following sentences correctly indicates a pause in the sentence?

• "I really think I belong there...where the wild things are."

• "I really think I belong there—where the wild things are."

• "I really think I belong there-where the wilder things are."

• "I really think I belong there (where the wild things are)."

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CCSS.L.8.2A

CCSS.L.8.2B

Which quotation used ellipses in a correct way?

• I should not have said that.

  ..I’m sorry.

• I should not have said that ...I'm sorry.

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CCSS.L.8.2A

CCSS.L.8.2B