. . . Ellipsis Flashcards
To indicate an omission of more than one word, use___
An ellipsis.
To write an ellipsis, on either side of each period, except when adjacent to a quotation mark, use___
A single space.
To represent a trailing off of thought in informal writing, use___
An ellipsis.
To indicate hesitation, though in this case the punctuation is more accurately described as suspension points, use___
An ellipsis.
Do not use ellipses at___of a quotation.
The beginning.
When including a quotation within a larger sentence, at do not use ellipses at___of the quoted material.
The beginning or the end.
When writing an ellipsis, unless the punctuation is necessary to make the shortened quotation grammatically correct, omit___
Any punctuation on either side of.
To show omission within the quotation, use___
Ellipsis points.
When presenting a quotation as a single sentence made up of material from two or more original sentences, for all omitted segments, use___
Ellipses.
When presenting quoted material as multiple sentences, for omissions between two or more original sentences, use___
Ellipses with four dots.
In pulp fiction and other works of early 20th-century fiction to denote expletives that would otherwise have been censored, use___
An ellipsis.
To imply an unstated alternative indicated by context, use___
An ellipsis.
To represent an intentional silence in reported speach, use___
An ellipsis.
For any omitted word, phrase, line, or paragraph from within but not at the end of a quoted passage, use___
An ellipsis.
To use an ellipsis at the end of a sentence with a sentence following, after the ellipsis, use___
A period for a total of four dots.
