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Ellipsis and Dashes
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English
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8th Grade
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Hard
Standards-aligned
Sarah Williams
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15 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
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."
Tags
CCSS.L.8.2A
CCSS.L.8.2B
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Only one person wears that perfume ___ my mother.
Which punctuation mark should go in the blank?
comma
dash
ellipsis
Tags
CCSS.L.6.2A
CCSS.L.8.2A
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A(n) _____ is used to signal an interruption in dialogue AND used to emphasize breaks in thought & shifts in tone.
comma
dash
ellipsis
Tags
CCSS.L.6.2A
CCSS.L.8.2A
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
A(n) ____ is used to emphasize the separation of ideas or lists OR to explain, summarize, or illustrate a thought.
comma
ellipsis
dash
Tags
CCSS.L.6.2A
CCSS.L.8.2A
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which sentence uses DASHES correctly to explain a thought?
If you need something, call my assistant Catherine — not Margaret and she’ll help you.
If you need something, call my assistant—Catherine, not Margaret—and she’ll help you.
Tags
CCSS.L.6.2A
CCSS.L.8.2A
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Which quotation uses an ellipsis correctly to indicate Olive's incomplete thought?
“I can't stand . . . Olive."
“I can’t stand that . . . girl."
“I can’t stand that girl . . ."
“I can’t stand that girl,” Olive said. “She’s so . . . I hate her.”
Tags
CCSS.L.8.2A
CCSS.L.8.2B
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 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
Tags
CCSS.L.8.2A
CCSS.L.8.2B
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