What is a disadvantage of overusing dashes?

Breaks up the flow of your writing

After a split second of hesitation, the second baseman leaped for the ball or, rather, limped for it. Where does the dash go?

Before "or, rather, limped for it".

After " After a split second of hesitation".

Which of the following is NOT a function of the dash?

A pair of dashes acts like parenthesis

A dash can be used like a colon

How should the below sentence be punctuated?

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.

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

Where should the dash go in the following sentence: Sheila was discovering and this really surprised her that she liked broccoli.

After discovering and after her

Which sentence uses a dash correctly?

I need to buy some groceries - milk, bread, and eggs.

I need to buy some groceries, milk - bread, and eggs.

I need to buy some groceries milk, bread - and eggs.

I need to buy some groceries milk, bread, and - eggs.

In which of the following sentences is the dash used to emphasize additional information?

The car—a red convertible—was parked outside.

The car was parked outside—a red convertible.

The car was parked outside, a red convertible.

The car was parked outside; a red convertible.

What is a common mistake when using dashes in writing?

Overusing them, making the text choppy

Using them to replace semicolons

How does a dash differ from a hyphen?

A dash is longer and used to indicate a range or pause, a hyphen joins words

A dash is used to join words, a hyphen is used to separate them

A dash is shorter and used to join words, a hyphen indicates a pause

A dash and a hyphen are interchangeable

Dashes

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English

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8th Grade

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Practice Problem

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Hard

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CCSS

L.6.2A, L.11-12.2A, L.8.2A

Standards-aligned

Sarah Williams

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25 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

When do you use dashes?

Beginning of the Sentence

End of the Sentence

Whenever you want to

Both A and B

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What does a single dash emphasize?

Material at the beginning

Material at the end

Material at the middle

Both A and B

All of the above

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

"After eighty years of dreaming, the elderly man realized it was time to finally revisit the land of his youth—Ireland." What does this dash do to this passage.

Nothing

Emphasize where he came from

as a pause

Both b and c

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

In conclusion what is the main purpose of the single dash.

A single dash can emphasize material at the beginning or end of a sentence.

Serves as a longer pause than a comma.

Makes sentences fluid when used correctly.

Explain a sentence in further detail.

All of the above.

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

What is used to show a sudden break in a sentence, to emphasize a word or clause, and to show that someone's speech is being interrupted?

hyphen

dash

quotation mark

a breath

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

he homerun ball smashed through—the neighbor's window—and rolled into the living room.

—the neighbor's window?

the neighbor's window—

the neighbor's window

No Change

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2A

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

1 min • 1 pt

Everywhere we traveled in Kyoto there were vending machines—some served green tea while others carried only juice.

some served green tea while others carried only juice.

,some served green tea while others carried only juice—

—some served green tea while others carried only juice—

No Change

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Dashes

25 questions

When do you use dashes?

What does a single dash emphasize?

"After eighty years of dreaming, the elderly man realized it was time to finally revisit the land of his youth—Ireland." What does this dash do to this passage.

In conclusion what is the main purpose of the single dash.

What is used to show a sudden break in a sentence, to emphasize a word or clause, and to show that someone's speech is being interrupted?

he homerun ball smashed through—the neighbor's window—and rolled into the living room.

Everywhere we traveled in Kyoto there were vending machines—some served green tea while others carried only juice.

What is a disadvantage of overusing dashes?

What do dashes add to sentences?

After a split second of hesitation, the second baseman leaped for the ball or, rather, limped for it. Where does the dash go?

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