Ellipsis Dash

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

• and C

• just B

• none of them

• all of them

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.”

Please help me_______ please get help_______ I didn’t mean to cause this explosion.

• Comma

• Ellipsis

• Dash

A(n) _____ is used to signal an interruption in dialogue AND used to emphasize breaks in thought & shifts in tone.

• comma

• dash

• ellipsis

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."

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

A(n) _____ is a series of 3 dots ( . . .) that is used when omitting a word, phrase, or line, from a quoted passage.

• period

• comma

• ellipsis

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

Which sentence uses an ellipsis correctly to indicate a pause in thought?

• I was thinking . . . maybe we could go to the park.

• I was thinking maybe . . . we could go to the park.

• I was thinking maybe we could . . . go to the park.

• I was thinking maybe we could go . . . to the park.

What is the primary function of a dash in a sentence?

• To indicate a pause or break in thought

• To list items in a series

• To end a sentence

• To separate clauses