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- 1. Multiple Choice
When do you use dashes?
Beginning of the Sentence
End of the Sentence
Whenever you want to
Both A and B
- 2. Multiple Choice
Which description describes a hyphen?
A connection between words that are working as a unit
used to separate a group of words.
to indicate a longer pause than a comma
all of the above
- 3. Multiple Choice
What is a disadvantage of overusing dashes?
Makingg it choppy
Breaks up the flow of your writing
Made difficult to follow
All of the above
- 4. Multiple Choice
What do dashes add to sentences?
Drama
Whisper
less emphasis
less attention
- 5. Multiple Choice
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
- 6. Multiple Choice
"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
- 7. Multiple Choice
Where would you place the dash in this passage? "The Office a harmless television program or a dangerously subversive guide to delinquency in the workplace?"
Nowhere
After "The Office"
Before "in the workplace"
Both b and c can work
- 8. Multiple Choice
After a split second of hesitation, the second baseman leaped for the ball or, rather, limped for it. Where does the dash go?
After " After a split second of hesitation".
Before "or, rather, limped for it".
Doesn't belong
Both a and b.
- 9. Multiple Choice
Bob Smith ate cookies while drinking milk. Where does the dash go in this passage?
Nowhere
After "Bob Smith".
After "Ate".
After "While"
- 10. Multiple Choice
Dominic lived in the hills his favorite place. Where does the dash go?
After " Dominic"
After "lived"
After "the hills"
After "favorite"
- 11. Multiple Choice
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.
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