Ellipses and Dashes

An em dash can take the place of _______

• Colons

• Periods

• Quotation Marks

• Verbs

How many dots are in an Ellipses

• 1

• 3

• 2

• 5

When you have a Ellipses at the end of a sentence with a period as the punctuation would do you do?

• Add a second Ellipses

• Add a punctuation other than period

• Leave as it is

• Add a fourth dot

What is the Ellipses doing in this sentence?

"I'm not supposed to have dairy . . ." I sighed. "That cheesecake looks so good, though!"

• Showing an ending to a quote

• Showing that a portion of a quote has been removed

• Showing a pause in speech

• It is a grammer mistake

What is the dash doing in this passage?

“No, I haven’t seen a hissing cockroach before—waah! Is that what they look like?” said Mia, watching the little critter clamber up the wall of its enclosure.

• It's being used to show an interruption in speech.

• It's introducing a list of items.

• It's unnecessary

• It's a typo

Where should the dash(es) go in the sentence?

“But I thought I told you” Alex yelled before her brother interrupted he

• “But I thought I told you” Alex yelled before her brother interrupted he

• “But I thought I told you—” Alex yelled before her brother interrupted her.

• (Choice B)B“But I thought I told you—” Alex yelled before her brother—interrupted her.

• “But I thought—I told you” Alex yelled before her brother interrupted her.