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What is the ad all about?
What is common to these expressions?
1. Share your talents …
2. Aaaahhhh … you’re interested
3. Yippeee … We can help.
What name do we give these punctuation marks?
Remember that ELLIPSIS points (…) are punctuation marks that are used to
show that something has not been expressed. It usually indicates any of the
following:
‣ Words that have been left out of a quotation.
‣ Words that are being thought of instead of spoken.
‣ A series that continues beyond the items mentioned.
‣ Time passes or action occurs in a narration.
A. Mark it right!
Choose the blank that marks the best place to insert ellipsis points.
DRAFT
by Emily Dickinson
April 10, 2014
1. “ The intellect, seeker of absolute truth____or the heart lover of____
absolute good ____we awake ____” by Ralph Waldo Emerson
2. “ Time is a test of _______trouble but _____not a remedy ____”
3. Time never assuage_____ an actual suffering strengthens _____as
sinews do with age ______” by: Emily Dickinson
4. “ Yet if we could scorn, hate and ____pride and fear: ____If we were
things born not to shed a tear____” by: Percy Bysshe Shelley
5. “ Rise in the spiritual rock ___ flow through our deed and ___ make them
pure____ “ by: Alfred Lord Tennyson
B. Insights
Share your insights on your most liked poem by writing them down. Illustrate
at least two (2) of the ellipsis rules in your work.
Find a partner and exchange papers.
Comment on each other’s work.
C. Best of Roundup
Talk about your family, your friend, your classmate, and yourself.
List their and your special abilities and why they and you feel great because of
them.
Present a write up of this sharing.
Remember to use ellipsis whenever necessary.
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