Dash in Writing

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

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

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

What do dashes add to sentences?

• Drama

• Whisper

• less emphasis

• less attention

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

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

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

"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

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

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

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

After a split second of hesitation, the second baseman leaped for the ball or, rather, limped for it. Where does the dash go?

• After " After a split second of hesitation".

• Before "or, rather, limped for it".

• Doesn't belong

• Both a and b.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

Bob Smith ate cookies while drinking milk. Where does the dash go in this passage?

• Nowhere

• After "Bob Smith".

• After "Ate".

• After "While"

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

Dominic lived in the hills his favorite place. Where does the dash go?

• After " Dominic"

• After "lived"

• After "the hills"

• After "favorite"

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A