Ellipsis and Dashes

Ellipsis and Dashes

8th Grade

15 Qs

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Ellipsis and Dashes

Ellipsis and Dashes

Assessment

Quiz

English

8th Grade

Hard

CCSS
L.8.2A, L.8.2B, L.6.2A

Standards-aligned

Created by

Sarah Williams

FREE Resource

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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