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ENG 101Hacker Chapters 39 & 44
brackets, ellipsis mark, slash, hyphen
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Brackets
Use to enclose any words/phrases that have beeninserted into an otherwise word-for-word quotation
Audubon reports that if there are not enough young to balancedeaths, the end of the species [California condor] is inevitable(4).
The Latin word sic in brackets indicates that an error
in a quoted sentence appears in the original source.
Do NOT overuse because calling attention to othersmistakes can appear snobbish.
According to the review, NellyFortados performance wasbrilliant, exceeding [sic] the expectations of even her most
loyal fans.
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Brackets Worksheet
1. Lisettesspeech contained the following remark: I
accept this medal Comal College Student of the Year
with the acknowledgment of the support of my
family, friends, and teachers.[Comal College Student of the Year]
2. The actor remarked, none too humbly, When I
deliver my characters famous speech Act I Scene 3,the audience weeps.
[Act I Scene 3]
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Brackets Worksheet
3. If you read the quotation from the Navy captain
(see the article entitled Life Down Under page 4,
column 5), you will have a better understanding of
life on a submarine.[page 4, column 5]
4. At one point in the interview, the singer responded,
When Im home London, England, I occasionallygive free concerts.
[London, England]
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5. As part of the preparation for your trip, you will
find it immensely helpful to read about the local
customs (the When in Rome... section of Chapter 2
pages 18-20).[pages 18-20]
6. The mayor-elect then commented, It is imperative
that we make this the proposed loop around the citya priority of this administration.
[the proposed loop around the city]
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Brackets Worksheet
7. The winner answered my question about the best
type of racing bicycle with Theres no doubt that
mine a twenty-seven speed Italian bicycle is the
best.[a twenty-seven speed Italian bicycle]
8. To get to the Connellys farm, you go down
Arrowhead Road (between Route 10 the turnoff isnorth of Evinston and Route 52).
[the turnoff is north of Evinston]
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9. Do you happen to know the year that Tony Dorsett
was awarded it the Heisman Trophy? Luella asked.
[the Heisman Trophy]
10. Please turn to the statistics on the world
population (see page 46 Chart C) before continuing.
[Chart C]
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Ellipsis Mark
Use to indicate that words have been deleted from anotherwise word-for-word quotation
Shute acknowledges that treatment for autism can beexpensive: Sensory integration therapycan cost up to $200an hour (82).
If a full sentence or more is deleted in the middle of aquoted passage, use a period before the three ellipsis
dots If we dont properly train, teach, or treat our growing prison
population, says long-time reform advocate Luis Rodriguez,somebody else will.This may well be the safety issue of thenew century (16).
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Ellipsis Mark
Use to indicate a hesitation or an interruption in
speech or to suggest unfinished thoughts
The apartment building next doorits going up in flames!
yelled Marcia.
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... Worksheet (how many...?)
1. Archaeologists already knew that ancient ruins
existed near...Pisa (famous for its leaning tower.
2. Therefore, when construction began...at Pisa, the
archaeologists decided to do some excavating.
3. By fall of 1999, the archaeological team had turned
up sixteen ships....The shortest was 23 feet long, the
longest nearly 100 feet.
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... Worksheet
4. The shortest was 23 feet long, the longest nearly
100 feet....the archaeologists unearthed cargoes of
fruit and olives still in storage jars.
5. Probably the most emotional discovery was that ofthe skeletons of a man...and a dog near one of the
cargo ships.
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Slash
Use to separate two or three lines of poetry
Add a space before and after the slash
Roses are red / violets are blue / sugar is sweet
Use to separate paired terms
Do not use space before or after slash
Pass/fail, producer/director
Do not use and/or, he/she, is/or
Rewrite instead
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Hyphen
Use the dictionary to see if whether or not a word is
hyphenated or compound
Water-repellent, waterproof, water table
Use when two or more words are used together as anadjective before a noun
Richa Gupta is not yet a well-known candidate.
Do not use to connectly adverbs to words theymodify
WRONG: A slowly-moving truck tied up traffic
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Hyphen
Hyphenate fractions and certain numbers when they
are spelled out
One-fourth
Use with the prefixes all-, ex-, and self-
Self-help
Use with the suffix -elect
President-elect
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Hyphen
Use in certain words to avoid ambiguity or to separate
awkward double or triple letters
Re-creation and recreation
Anti-intellectual (double i)
Cross-stitch (double s)
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Hyphen Worksheet
1. In the story, the villain dies from a self inflictedwound.
Self-inflicted
2. Bill Bradley is an ex basketball player.Ex-basketball
3. Governor elect Rousseau was born right here in ourtown.
Governor-elect
4. The Assad family left Istanbul on a bitterly coldday.
Correct!
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5. Have you hear that only forty two percent of the peoplein this area favor a bike trail?
Forty-two
7. Did you know that manatees have trouble hearing lowfrequency sounds?
Low-frequency
8. At this location today, one hundred and three people
have registered to vote.Hundred-and-three
9. Elissa is looking for an oil free moisturizing liquid.
Oil-free
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10. The pro American position will be presented next.
Pro-American
11. Adelita wanted to speak to the ex governor of the
state.Ex-governor
12. Lawrences great uncle Peter was Speaker of the
House in 1962.
Great-uncle13. Nine tenths of the eleventh grade students are going
to college.
Nine-tenths
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14. Despite the hockey teams all out effort, they still lost
the game.
All-out
15. The pre Socratic philosopher Pythagoras believed thatthe earth revolved around the sun.
Pre-Socratic
16. Mei Lings vacation is well deserved.
Well-deserved17. What is a two syllable word whose second syllable
rhymes with old?
Two-syllable
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Hyphen Worksheet
18. That history book from 1950 is out of date.
Out-of-date
19. As for baseball players, Kirstens all time favorite
is Mark McGwire.
All-time
20. Eric, along with Abraham and Louise, wants to
look for an after school job.
After-school
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Exercise 44-1
1. We knew we were driving too fast when our tires
skidded on the rain slick surface.
Rain-slick
2. The Black Death reduced the population of some
medieval villages by two thirds.
Two-thirds
3. Sewing forty-eight sequined tutus for the balletrecital nearly made Karyn cross-eyed.
Correct
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Exercise 44-1
4. Olivia had hoped to find a pay as you go plan to
finance the construction of her observatory.
Pay-as-you-go
5. Gail Sheehy writes that at age twenty five many
people assume that the choices they make are
irrevocable.
Twenty-five
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For Friday...
Dash & Parenthesis exercises
Hacker exercise 39-1
Worksheets
Analysis rough drafts due Monday
Critique mulligans due Monday