Question

1) Read the passage below (taken from "The Struggle for an Education." Washington, Booker T. 1901. Up From Slavery) Select the passage that uses ellipses correctly.

One day, while at work in the coal-mine, I happened to overhear two miners talking about a great school for coloured people somewhere in Virginia. This was the first time that I had ever heard anything about any kind of school or college that was more pretentious than that little coloured school in our town.


a) One day, I happened to overhear two miners talking about a great school for coloured people. . . This was the first time that I had ever heard anything about any kind of school or college. . . .

b) One day, . . . I happened to overhear two miners talking about a great school for coloured people. This was the first time that I had ever heard anything about any kind of school or college. . . .

c) One day, . . . I happened to overhear two miners talking about a great school for coloured people. . . . This was the first time that I had ever heard anything about any kind of school or college. . . .

d) One day, . . . I happened to overhear two miners talking about a great school for coloured people. . . . This was the first time that I had ever heard anything about any kind of school or college.


2) type the following sentence and add parentheses or brackets where needed. Use exact spelling and correct spacing. Add any necessary punctuation marks for clarity.

The first game to be held in the new gym is against Rocky Point High School.


3)Type the following sentence and add parentheses or brackets where needed. Use exact spelling and correct spacing. Add any necessary punctuation marks for clarity.


The new inductee proclaimed, "It my membership is my greatest honor!"

Answer 1

The first would be A. Adding ellipses after "One day" isn't right, and A is the only one that doesn't do that.

The second is The first game (to be held in the new gym) is against Rocky Point High School. "To be held in the new gym" gives clarification about "the first game."

The third is The new inductee proclaimed, "It (my membership) is my greatest honor!"

"My membership" provides more info on what "it" is.