Using a Dash

Newburyport a small town in Massachusetts is the place she calls home.

• Newburyport- a small town in Massachusetts- is the place she calls home.
• Newburyport — small town in Massachusetts — is the place she calls home.
• Newburyport —a small town in Massachusetts is the place she calls home.
• Newburyport a small town in Massachusetts - is the place she calls home.

"It looks like a real __________ oh no!"

• Comma

• Dash

• Ellipsis

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

Choose the answer that uses dashes correctly in the sentence.

The only thing Felix could do if he could do anything was to sit and wait for the results

• The only thing Felix could do if he could do anything-- was to sit and wait for the results.

• The only thing Felix could do if he could do anything was to sit and wait for the results.

• The only thing Felix could do-- if he could do anything-- was to sit and wait for the results

• The only thing-- Felix --could do if he could do anything was to sit and wait for the results.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

Add the correct hyphen(s) or dash(es) to the below sentence: 
She has stopped buying 2 liter bottles and has started buying 0.5 liter bottles, instead.

• No change necessary.
• She has stopped buying 2—liter bottles and has started buying 0.5—liter bottles, instead.
• She has stopped buying 2-liter bottles and has started buying 0.5-liter bottles, instead.
• She has stopped buying 2 liter bottles and has started buying 0.5 liter bottles - instead.

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CCSS.L.11-12.2A

He who shall not be named is coming up the stairs. 

• He-who-shall-not-be-named is coming up the stairs. 
• He — who — shall — not — be —named is coming up the stairs. 
• He who shall not be named — is coming up the stairs. 
• No change necessary.

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CCSS.L.11-12.2A

What is the difference between a hyphen and a dash?

• The length of a hyphen is shorter than the length of a dash.

• Hyphens are typically used in compound adjectives, while dashes can be used to indicate an interruption, or a substitute for parentheses.

• There are two types of dashes (em and en) but there is only one type of hyphen.

• All of the above.

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CCSS.L.11-12.2A

After which word should a dash be added in this sentence:

The old man realized it was finally time to revisit the land of his youth Ireland.

• revisit

• realized

• man

• youth

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

After which word should a dash be added in this sentence: In nineteenth-century America, many students lacked the most basic classroom materials; the supplies were books, paper, and pencils.

• pencils

• basic

• materials

• students

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

After which word should an em dash be added in this sentence:
It’s not only our lives on the line it’s the lives of thousands of Allied soldiers.

• not
• only
• line
• Allied

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

Nido a school with a great reputation follows a different schedule than other schools in Chile.

• Nido—a school with a great reputation—follows a different schedule than other schools in Chile.
• Nido a school with a great reputation, follows a different schedule than other schools in Chile.
• Nido - a school with a great reputation - follows a different schedule than other schools in Chile.
• Nido—a school with a great reputation — follows a different schedule than other schools in Chile.