Ellipses

What's an Ellipsis?

• Dots that means words were cut off or trails off.

• An oval.

• Car emissions

• A brand of radio.

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

When do you use Ellipses ?

• When you want to show that there is left out content.

• When you want to look fancy

• To show trailing off or a pause

• When you go to the moon.

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CCSS.L.9-10.2

Which sentence uses the Ellipsis correctly?

• I was beating... the eggs.

• I was... beating the eggs.

• ... I was beating the eggs.

• I was beating the eggs...

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.2

Which sentence is using an Ellipsis incorrectly?

• There.......here

• Here is a tree.......

• There is a Monkey........

• HEre is a Monket............

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CCSS.L.9-10.2

Which Ellipses are correct?

• Clean up.

• So..........

• Oh....I forgot

• Hu

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CCSS.L.9-10.2

Which symbol is an Ellipsis?

• ..;

• ...

• ,,,

• ,;,

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CCSS.L.9-10.2

The plural for Ellipsis is...

• Elliptical

• Eclipse

• Ellipses

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

Why do we need to learn about Ellipses?

• Because Mr Flippin is mean and is making us.

• So we can add suspense, pauses and left out content to what we write.

• So we can properly drive a car.

• Because we all want to be astronauts.

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CCSS.W.9-10.2

CCSS.W.9-10.4

Which sentence uses Ellipses correctly?

• Stop abusing Ellipsis...I mean it!

• Stop... abusing... Ellipsis I mean it!

• ... Stop abusing ... Ellipsis....I mean... it!

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CCSS.L.9-10.2

On a scale from one to five how well do you understand what an Ellipsis is? One being not at all and five being that you completely understand it.

• One

• Two

• Three

• Four

• Five

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CCSS.L.9-10.4

CCSS.RI.9-10.4