Using Ellipses to Indicate Omissions

The following is the correct use of an ellipsis.

"I don't know...I'm not sure...What do you think?"

• True

• False

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CCSS.L.8.2A

CCSS.L.8.2B

Expand the sentence below by putting the remaining elliptical clause. Rewrite the sentence with your answer in it!

I read this book as quickly as he.

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CCSS.L.8.2A

CCSS.L.8.2B

Which sentence correctly uses an ellipsis to show a pause in the middle of dialogue?

• "Wait a minute someone stole my sandwich!" she exclaimed...

• "Wait a minute...someone stole my sandwich!" she exclaimed.

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CCSS.L.8.2A

CCSS.L.8.2B

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

• period

• comma

• dash

• ellipsis

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CCSS.L.8.2A

CCSS.L.8.2B

Which quotation used ellipses in a correct way?

• I should not have said that.

  ..I’m sorry.

• I should not have said that ...I'm sorry.

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CCSS.L.8.2A

CCSS.L.8.2B

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."

• A critic wrote that the musical was "dazzling, colorful, and beautifully . . . performed."

• A critic wrote that . . . the musical was "dazzling, colorful, and beautifully performed."

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CCSS.L.8.2A

CCSS.L.8.2B

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."

• A  critic wrote that the musical was "dazzling, colorful, and beautifully . . . performed."

• A critic wrote that . . . the musical was "dazzling, colorful, and beautifully performed."

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CCSS.L.8.2A

CCSS.L.8.2B

What is the best way to rewrite this sentence to shorten it?
I went to the park yesterday and Joey went to the park also.

• . . . to the park yesterday and Joey went to the park also.

• I went to the park . . . and Joey went to the park also.

• I went to the park yesterday and Joey went . . .also.

• I went to the park yesterday...also.

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CCSS.L.8.2A

CCSS.L.8.2B

For each item, insert an ellipsis where needed in the following sentence: "Jessie thought she had done the right thing, but she couldn’t be sure"

• Jessie thought... she had done the right thing, but... she couldn’t be sure

• Jessie thought she had done the right thing... but she couldn’t be sure

• Jessie thought she had done the right thing, but she couldn’t... be sure

• Jessie thought she had done the right thing, but she couldn’t be sure...

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CCSS.L.8.2A

CCSS.L.8.2B

Which of the following sentences correctly indicates a pause in the sentence?

• "I really think I belong there...where the wild things are."

• "I really think I belong there—where the wild things are."

• "I really think I belong there-where the wilder things are."

• "I really think I belong there (where the wild things are)."