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Common Core Standard L.8.2b Questions

Use an ellipsis to indicate an omission.

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Grade 8 Capitalization and Punctuation CCSS: CCRA.L.2, L.8.2b
Which of the following sentences is correctly punctuated?
  1. Everyone has special skills some people use them very well.
  2. Everyone has special skills; some people use them very well.
  3. Everyone has special skills and, some people use them very well.
  4. Everyone has special skills; and, some people use them very well.
Grade 8 Capitalization and Punctuation CCSS: CCRA.L.2, L.8.2, L.8.2b
What does the ellipsis in the following sentence indicate?

"I wonder...," mused Sydney.
  1. The passage of time
  2. An unfinished thought
  3. None of the above
Grade 8 Capitalization and Punctuation CCSS: CCRA.L.2, L.8.2, L.8.2b
What does the ellipsis in the following sentence indicate?

Maybe we should...
  1. The passage of time
  2. An unfinished thought
  3. None of the above
Grade 8 Capitalization and Punctuation CCSS: CCRA.L.2, L.8.2, L.8.2b
What does the ellipsis in the following sentence indicate?

Well...I...I just can't go to the dance with you on Friday.
  1. The passage of time
  2. An unfinished thought
  3. None of the above
Grade 8 Capitalization and Punctuation CCSS: CCRA.L.2, L.8.2, L.8.2b
What does the ellipsis in the following sentence indicate?

"Newton...created the laws of motion..."(Johnson, 39).
  1. The passage of time
  2. An unfinished thought
  3. None of the above

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