Dash

Dash

6th - 7th Grade

11 Qs

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Dash

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Assessment

Quiz

English

6th - 7th Grade

Practice Problem

Hard

CCSS
L.6.2A, L.11-12.2A, L.8.2A

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11 questions

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1.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

When do you use dashes?

Beginning of the Sentence

End of the Sentence

Whenever you want to

Both A and B

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

2.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

10 sec • 1 pt

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

Tags

CCSS.L.11-12.2A

3.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

4.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

What do dashes add to sentences?

Drama

Whisper

less emphasis

less attention

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

5.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

6.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

"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

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

7.

MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION

20 sec • 1 pt

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

Tags

CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

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