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Ellipsis Omit

Authored by Margaret Anderson

English

6th Grade

CCSS covered

Used 3+ times

Ellipsis Omit
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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

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

Tags

CCSS.RI.4.10

CCSS.RI.5.10

CCSS.RI.6.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

An ellipsis is used to ___.

shorten a quoted passage by omitting  words or phrases
pause or hesitate in the middle of a sentence
indicate an incomplete thought
all answers are correct

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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

Tags

CCSS.L.8.2A

CCSS.L.8.2B

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

Which sentence(s) used an ellipsis the correct way?
A. If only she had . . . Oh, it doesn’t matter now.
B. 
I wasn’t really . . . well, what I mean . . . see, the thing is . . . I didn’t mean it.
C. 
She opened the door . . . and saw . . . a cake!

A and C
just B
none of them
all of them

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

Which is NOT something that an ellipsis (...) is used to indicate?

quotation from books, speeches, and newspaper

an unfinished thought

omitted text from a quotation

an exclamation (say something loudly)

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

"These emotions can transform,... and consequently they have been understood as keys to the dynamics of emotional illness." What do the ellipses indicate?

quotation

an unfinished thought

omitted text from a quotation

Tags

CCSS.L.8.2A

CCSS.L.8.2B

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

Which quotation used ellipses in a correct way?

I should not have said that.

...I's sorry

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

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