When do you use dashes?
Dashes

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English
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8th Grade
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Hard
Sarah Williams
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25 questions
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Beginning of the Sentence
End of the Sentence
Whenever you want to
Both A and B
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 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
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 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
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
In conclusion what is the main purpose of the single dash.
A single dash can emphasize material at the beginning or end of a sentence.
Serves as a longer pause than a comma.
Makes sentences fluid when used correctly.
Explain a sentence in further detail.
All of the above.
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
What is used to show a sudden break in a sentence, to emphasize a word or clause, and to show that someone's speech is being interrupted?
hyphen
dash
quotation mark
a breath
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
he homerun ball smashed through—the neighbor's window—and rolled into the living room.
—the neighbor's window?
the neighbor's window—
the neighbor's window
No Change
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
1 min • 1 pt
Everywhere we traveled in Kyoto there were vending machines—some served green tea while others carried only juice.
some served green tea while others carried only juice.
,some served green tea while others carried only juice—
—some served green tea while others carried only juice—
No Change
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