Question

Where should the dashes be placed?

Yesterday’s basketball victory the crowd was ecstatic guarantees us a chance at the state title.

 Yesterday’s basketball—victory the crowd was ecstatic guarantees us—a chance at the state title.Yesterday’s—basketball victory the crowd—was ecstatic guarantees us a chance at the state title.Yesterday’s basketball victory the crowd was ecstatic—guarantees us a chance—at the state title.Yesterday’s basketball victory—the crowd was ecstatic—guarantees us a chance at the state title.

Answer 1

Dashes should be place around "the crowd was ecstatic" because it is an interruption. So "Yesterday's basketball victory - the crowd was ecstatic - guarantees us a chance at the state title.

Answer 2

"Yesterday's basketball victory - the crowd was ecstatic - guarantees us a chance at the state title."

Step-by-step explanation:

The dashes should be placed, in the sentence, where there is an "interruption" of thought. That is, where the sentence is somehow interrupted by another sentence. In this way, the dashes should be placed around the phrase "the crowd was ecstatic".