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- 1. Multiple Choice
A(n) _____ is used to signal an interruption in dialogue AND used to emphasize breaks in thought & shifts in tone.
comma
dash
ellipsis
- 2. Multiple Choice
A(n) ______ is used to separate commas that contain appositives.
dash
comma
ellipsis
- 3. Multiple Choice
A(n) ____ is used to emphasize the separation of ideas or lists OR to explain, summarize, or illustrate a thought.
comma
ellipsis
dash
- 4. Multiple Choice
A(n) ___ is used to set off direct quotations OR to separate 2 or more adjectives
comma
dash
ellipsis
- 5. Multiple Choice
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.
- 6. Multiple Choice
Which sentence uses DASHES correctly to separate commas?
All four of them—Bob — Jeffrey— Jason — Brett—did well in college.
All four — of them Bob, Jeffrey, Jason, and Brett—did well in college.
All four of them—Bob, Jeffrey, Jason, and Brett—did well in college.
- 7. Multiple ChoiceA comma is used to do all of the following except __.to separate a subordinate clause from an independent clause at the start of a complex sentenceto shorten a quoted passage by omitting words or phrasesto separate items in a series or a listto combine 2 independent clauses joined with a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS)
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which sentence uses a DASH correctly to emphasize breaks in thought & shifts in tone?
I was glad to be home - until I saw the bill in the mailbox.
I was glad - to be home until I saw the bill in the mailbox.
I was glad to be home until I saw - the bill in the mailbox.
- 9. Multiple Choice
Which line of dialogue is written correctly?
"I have made up my mind." She said, nodding. "I do not want to marry him."
"I have made up my mind," she said, nodding. "I do not want to marry him."
- 10. Multiple Choice
Which sentence uses COMMAS correctly to set off one or more words that interrupt the flow of the sentence?
Justin who lives down the street from me, is going, to be at the party.
Justin, who lives down the street from me is going to be at the party.
Justin, who lives down the street from me, is going to be at the party.
- 11. Multiple Choice
Which sentence uses a COMMA correctly to set off names in direct address?
Would you please be quiet, Lupe?
Lupe would you, please, be quiet?
Would you, please be quiet Lupe?
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhich 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.”
- 13. Multiple Choice
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."
- 14. Multiple Choice
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
- 15. Multiple ChoiceAn ellipsis is used to ___.shorten a quoted passage by omitting words or phrasespause or hesitate in the middle of a sentenceindicate an incomplete thoughtall answers are correct
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