Dash

Newburyport a small town in Massachusetts is the place she calls home.

• Newburyport- a small town in Massachusetts- is the place she calls home.

• Newburyport — small town in Massachusetts — is the place she calls home.

• Newburyport —a small town in Massachusetts is the place she calls home.

• Newburyport a small town in Massachusetts - is the place she calls home.

"It looks like a real __________ oh no!"

• Comma

• Dash

• Ellipsis

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

The only thing Felix could do if he could do anything was to sit and wait for the results

• The only thing Felix could do if he could do anything-- was to sit and wait for the results.

• The only thing Felix could do if he could do anything was to sit and wait for the results.

• The only thing Felix could do-- if he could do anything-- was to sit and wait for the results

• The only thing-- Felix --could do if he could do anything was to sit and wait for the results.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

Add the correct hyphen(s) or dash(es) to the below sentence: 
She has stopped buying 2 liter bottles and has started buying 0.5 liter bottles, instead.

• No change necessary.

• She has stopped buying 2—liter bottles and has started buying 0.5—liter bottles, instead.

• She has stopped buying 2-liter bottles and has started buying 0.5-liter bottles, instead.

• She has stopped buying 2 liter bottles and has started buying 0.5 liter bottles - instead.

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CCSS.L.11-12.2A

What is the difference between a hyphen and a dash?

• The length of a hyphen is shorter than the length of a dash.

• Hyphens are typically used in compound adjectives, while dashes can be used to indicate an interruption, or a substitute for parentheses.

• There are two types of dashes (em and en) but there is only one type of hyphen.

• All of the above.

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CCSS.L.11-12.2A

After which word should an em dash be added in this sentence:
It’s not only our lives on the line it’s the lives of thousands of Allied soldiers.

• not

• only

• line

• Allied

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

Which is the correct way to use the dash in the following sentence: The Beatles (the most famous rock band in history) were from England.

• The Beatles, the most famous rock band in history-- were from England.

• The Beatles-- the most famous rock band in history-- were from England.

• The Beatles - the most famous rock band in history; were from England.

• The Beatles-- the most famous rock band-- in history were from England.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

Choose the answer that uses em dashes correctly in the sentence.
The only thing Felix could do if he could do anything was to sit and wait for the results

• The only thing Felix could do if he could do anything-- was to sit and wait for the results.

• The only thing Felix could do if he could do anything was to sit and wait for the results.

• The only thing Felix could do-- if he could do anything-- was to sit and wait for the results

• The only thing-- Felix --could do if he could do anything was to sit and wait for the results.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.8.2A

What is the difference between a hyphen and an em dash?

• a hypen is used to join separate words to create a word made of two or more words

• Hyphens are typically used in compound adjectives, while dashes can be as a subtitute for interuting and intro commas to create greater emphasis.

• the em dash is longer than a hypen and it is used for greater emphasis

• All of the above.

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CCSS.L.11-12.2A

What's the difference between a hypen and an em dash?

• An em dash is longer.

• Nothing.

• An em dash is shorter.

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CCSS.L.11-12.2A