Which sentence has the correct placement of the comma?

• All, of a sudden the lights turned out.
• All of a sudden, the lights turned out.
• All of a sudden the lights, turned out.
• All of, a sudden the lights turned out.

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Which sentence does NOT require a comma?

• Yesterday I ran in the park.
• In order to succeed you need to study.
• Through the dark I saw a light.
• Running is my favorite hobby.

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Which sentence is punctuated correctly?

• Instead of chocolate, I prefer strawberry.
• Lazily I, climbed the stairs.
• The candle, burned throughout the night.
• During, the show I fell asleep.

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

In the movie, "Toy Story", human characters in the movie are not aware that the toys speak and move but the audience is. Which type of irony is represented in this situation?

• verbal irony

• dramatic irony

• situational irony

• none of the above

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CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.5

A man looked out the window to see a hail storm, thunder and lightning. He turned to his friend and said, "This is wonderful weather we're having!"

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• verbal irony

• none of the above

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CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Melanie and her family decided to travel from Pennsylvania to Florida in January in order to avoid the cold weather. However, as soon as they arrived, they were welcomed by below-freezing temperatures. What type of irony is represented in this situation?

• situational irony

• dramatic irony

• verbal irony

• none of the above

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CCSS.L.8.5A

A(n) _____ is used to signal an interruption in dialogue AND used to emphasize breaks in thought & shifts in tone.

• comma

• dash

• ellipsis

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

A(n) ___ is used to set off direct quotations OR to separate 2 or more adjectives

• comma

• dash

• ellipsis

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

A 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 sentence
• to shorten a quoted passage by omitting words or phrases
• to separate items in a series or a list
• to combine 2 independent clauses joined with a coordinating conjunction (FANBOYS)

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CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.6.2A

Change this sentence to correctly use the ellipses: “I went to Cheney after class, only for twenty minutes, and then I went to my dorm.”

• “...I went to Cheney after class, only for twenty minutes, and then I went to my dorm.”

• “I went to… Cheney after class, only for twenty minutes, and then I went to my dorm.”

• “I went to Cheney after class… and then I went back to my dorm.”

• “I went to… after class, only for twenty minutes, and then I went to…”

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CCSS.L.8.2A

CCSS.L.8.2B