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- 1. Multiple Choice
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
- 2. Multiple Choice
How should the below sentence be punctuated?
Harvard one of the most selective schools in the nation is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Harvard—one of the most selective schools in the nation is located—in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Harvard one of the most selective schools in the nation is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Harvard—one of the most selective schools in the nation—is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Harvard, one of the most selective schools in the nation—is located in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
- 3. Multiple Choice
How would you change the red portion of the sentence?
The school trip, which is scheduled for September 12th—will involve stopping for lunch at an authentic Himalayan restaurant.
Keep AS IS
school trip which is scheduled
school trip—which is scheduled
school trip-which is scheduled
- 4. Multiple Choice
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)."
- 5. Multiple Choice
In the following sentence, where does a hyphen need added: Yesterday, my cousin turned twenty five.
Yester-day
my-cousin
twenty-five
turn-ed
- 6. Multiple Choice
What type of punctuation is used to join two words into one, clarify words, and divide words at the end of a line?
dash
comma
ellipses
hyphen
- 7. Multiple Choice
Insert a hyphen in the following sentence: The heart pounding ending left me breathless.
The heart-pounding ending left me breathless.
The heart pounding-ending left me breathless.
The heart-pounding-ending left me breathless.
The heart pounding ending left me breath-less.
- 8. Multiple Choice
Which sentence is correct?
The 1998 Yankees had one aim and one aim only winning.
the 1998 Yankees had one aim and one aim only...winning
the 1998 yankees had one aim and one aim only - winning.
The 1998 Yankees had one aim and one aim only—winning.
- 9. Multiple ChoiceA 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." - 10. Multiple Choice
In the following sentence, what do the ellipses indicate?
"These emotions can transform,... and consequently they have been understood as keys to the dynamics of emotional illness."
a question
an unfinished thought
omitted text from a quotation
a pause in speech
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