PPT-Dashes, Ellipses, Question marks, and Exclamations

This is it the final grammar notes for the rest of the school year Dashes Like commas semicolons colons and ellipses the dash represents an interrupton or an abrupt change of thought . Parentheses, Brackets. , . and . Ellipses. . Angela Gulick. CAS Writing Specialist. June . 2015. Parentheses. ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ). Use parentheses to enclose information that is interesting but not crucial. In other words, information in parentheses could be removed and you would still have a complete grammatical sentence. Parentheses should be used sparingly in college writing because they tend to produce a choppy effect. . Academic Essays. Green Hope Honor Code. Cheating: Numerous behaviors will be considered cheating. Some of these areas include, but are not limited to, the following: using cheat sheets; using former students’ notebooks; using internet resources without citing them as appropriate sources; misrepresenting something as being real and actual; using cell phones to create images of tests, quizzes, and/or other assignments; and text messaging with other students regarding a test or quiz. The use of technology in cheating can occur on small assignments such as homework assignments as well as on more formal tests, essays, and projects. Students can be guilty of cheating if they give out or are in receipt of the material.. Date: ____________. Ellipses. Standard Equation of an Ellipse. Center at (0,0). x. 2. a. 2. y. 2. b. 2. +. = 1. y. x. (–. a. , 0). . (. a. , 0). . (0, . b. ). (0, –. b. ). O. Horizontal Major Axis. A UWF Writing Lab Mini . Lesson. Mini-Lesson #63. DEFINITION. ELLIPSIS: a . punctuation mark . of three spaced dots (. . .) used to show an omission in writing or printing (Plural: . ellipses. ). Uses of Ellipses. Punctuation. . DASHES. DASH:. Use a dash to indicate an abrupt break in thought or speech. .. EXAMPLE:. It’s your turn—even though it is your birthday—to do the . dishes.. Use dashes sparingly – if you use them too much, they will lose their effect. Notice the quick change of thought in the example sentence that is set off by dashes. . By: Amanda Anthony . Staci . Fetterman. Nicole Lloyd. Ashley Morgan. Definition. An ellipsis is a series of three points with spaces between them(. . .) inserted into a quotation to indicate the omission of material from the original quotation.. Hyphens. 1. Use . a hyphen to divide a word at the end of a line.. Example: What percentage of U.S. households have sub-. scribed to cable television. ?. Divide a word only between syllables.. Do not divide a one syllable word.. Oh MY!. End Marks…AKA punctuation. PERIOD. Used at the end of a complete declarative sentence. Most sentences end with a period. It is also used after an abbreviation . Dr. Washington agreed with the diagnosis.. September 4, 2015. A dash is a mark of separation.. -stronger than a comma. -less formal than a colon. -more relaxed than a parentheses.. What is a Dash?. -. Dashes are used to set off or emphasize the content enclosed within dashes or the content the follows a dash. Dashes place more emphasis on this content than parentheses.. Use a . hyphen. to divide a word at the end of a line. . Only words with more than one syllable can be divided. Do not leave a single letter at the beginning or the end of a line. . Longer words can be divided in more than one place.. The Ellipse. Basic oval. Has a center point, 2 foci, focal axis, and 2 vertices on the focal axis. https://. www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UD8hOs-vaI. The ellipse. The ellipse: formulas. Ellipses with center (0, 0). Andrea Lunsford. The Everyday Writer. Parentheses. Use parentheses to enclose material of minor importance.. In general, use commas when the material to be set off is least interruptive, parentheses when it is more interruptive, and dashes when it is the most interruptive.. Objective. You will be able to differentiate between Horizontal and Vertical Ellipses and then be able to sketch a graphical representation of the equation.. Vocabulary. Ellipse. : . the set of all points in a plane such that the . Ellipses: . a punctuation mark of three spaced dots . (. . . .) used to show an omission in writing or printing (Plural: ellipses. ).. Uses of Ellipses. Use ellipses to show omitted material from a quoted passage in order to be fair to the author quoted and to maintain good grammar in the writer’s own work. Your resulting passage should be grammatically complete and correct..