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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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Brackets Worksheet

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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Brackets Worksheet

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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Hyphen Worksheet

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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Hyphen Worksheet

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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Hyphen Worksheet

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

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