Ellipses

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Ellipses
I try to leave out the parts that people skip. 
Elmore Leonard
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Ellipses

• Three evenly spaced periods
• Shows an omission
• Never come before
• Never come at the end!

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First When to quote

• When language is especially vivid or expressive
• When exact wording is needed for technical
  accuracy
• When the words of an important authority lend
  weight to an argument
• Highlighting necessary bias or opposite opinions.

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Quote

• I was asked once again for relationship tips,
  and I dont know why anyone would want to ask an
  actor for dating advice. We are not the poster
  children for healthy relationships
• (Ginnifer Goodwin).

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Small Omission

• Being married to someone very successful . . .
  keeps you hungry to improve. Youve got to be
  hungry. If your wife went out with Brad Pitt,
  youd want to prove yourself, you know what I
  mean?
• (Chris Martin Gwyneth Paltrows husband)

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Long (sentence or more) Omission

• Ive been off the junk, as I call it, for five
  years. Ive had a face-lift, eye job and all
  that stuff. . . . It didnt help me one bit. It
  didnt get me happier or didnt make me look
  particularly younger.
• Kathy Griffin

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Quote Within a Quote

• When he falls, Im like, You better get
  up!Im, not the mom thats going to make him a
  little wuss.
• Kendra Basket, talking about her son

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Interpolation

• If Justin Bieber asked me, Id do that for my
  daughter. She doesnt think Im very cool, so
  that might help.
• Mark Wahlberg on whether hed rap again.

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Use sic to indicate an error in a quotation
(Latin for thus or it is so)

• Joe Shmoe clearly contends that She is
  riddiculous sic.

Note When you type sic it needs to be in
italics, if you are handwriting sic you dont
need to put in italics!
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An omission in poetry

• Blah blah blah blah blah
• blah blah blah
• . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
• blah blah
• blah blah blah blah blah

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• Do not use an ellipses at the beginning or the
  end of a quote.
• Always include the space between your dots.
• Never split ellipses, they must all be on the
  same line.

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So, tell me what you see in this . . .

• She kept saying Bella . . . I like Edward.
  Then I realized, I think shes talking about
  Twilight. Its not going to happen!
• Michael Buble, on nixing his fiancé's top choices
  for baby names.

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So, tell me what you see in this . . .

• My son just turned 14 and he goes, Dad, for
  my birthday I want to throw a rave, I bought a
  huge sound system, lights, glow sticks. . . . The
  cops came three times, and he was so pumped.
• Tommy Lee

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Two more items . . .

1. Use when your quote hits a 5th typed line!
2. Lead in with a colon
3. Tab the quote over twice
4. End punctuation comes before parentheses.
5. No Quotation marks.

• Blocked quote,

Here is my intro for this brilliant long
quote blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
blah blah blah blah blah blah
blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah
blah blah blah blah blah blah blah.
(Smith) Never end a paragraph with a quote, you
need that final summation and transition!
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Two more items . . .

• Online sources

Lead in blah blah blah (Jones).
No Page numbers!
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Only in grammar can you be more than perfect. 
William Safire
Quick check to see if we can at least perfectly
identify correct ellipses usage!
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Identify whether or not the use of the ellipses
is correct.

• 1. In an effort to be more inclusive of an
  increasingly diverse student population, . . . .
  avoid carols that mention deity or the Nativity
  events in Bethlehem.
• Correct
• Incorrect

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Identify whether or not the use of the ellipses
is correct.

• 1. In an effort to be more inclusive of an
  increasingly diverse student population, . . . .
  avoid carols that mention deity or the Nativity
  events in Bethlehem.
• Correct
• Incorrect

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Identify whether or not the use of the ellipses
is correct.

• 2. The article mentions, Governing board policy
  in Mesa allows religious music . . .
• Correct
• Incorrect

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Identify whether or not the use of the ellipses
is correct.

• 2. The article mentions, Governing board policy
  in Mesa allows religious music . . .
• Correct
• Incorrect

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Identify whether or not the use of the ellipses
is correct.

• 3. Concerned about this issue, one teacher says,
  Despite the freedom to include religious songs
  in winter programs, most elementary school music
  teachers do not. . . . We just pick a theme that
  has nothing to do with the holidays.
• Correct
• Incorrect

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Identify whether or not the use of the ellipses
is correct.

• 3. Concerned about this issue, one teacher says,
  Despite the freedom to include religious songs
  in winter programs, most elementary school music
  teachers do not. . . . We just pick a theme that
  has nothing to do with the holidays.
• Correct
• Incorrect

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Identify whether or not the use of the ellipses
is correct.

• 4. A secular program of education . . . is
  what is most important some people believe.
• Correct
• Incorrect

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Identify whether or not the use of the ellipses
is correct.

• 4. A secular program of education . . . is
  what is most important some people believe.
• Correct
• Incorrect

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Identify whether or not the use of the ellipses
is correct.

• 5. It appears that With the diversity that is
  now comprising the classes, what you have is .
  many different religions.
• Correct
• Incorrect

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Identify whether or not the use of the ellipses
is correct.

• 5. It appears that With the diversity that is
  now comprising the classes, what you have is .
  many different religions.
• Correct
• Incorrect

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Identify whether or not the use of the ellipses
is correct.

• 6. One Phoenix lawyer mailed a memorandum to all
  school districts, . . . . suppressing references
  to Christ during the Christmas season violates
  students' constitutional rights of free
  expression.
• Correct
• Incorrect

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Identify whether or not the use of the ellipses
is correct.

• 6. One Phoenix lawyer mailed a memorandum to all
  school districts, . . . . suppressing references
  to Christ during the Christmas season violates
  students' constitutional rights of free
  expression.
• Correct
• Incorrect

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Identify whether or not the use of the ellipses
is correct.

• 7. Rarely elementary school programs . . . will
  typically include songs from other religions in
  an effort to keep every concert balanced.
• A. Correct
• B. Incorrect

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Identify whether or not the use of the ellipses
is correct.

• 7. Rarely elementary school programs . . . will
  typically include songs from other religions in
  an effort to keep every concert balanced.
• A. Correct
• B. Incorrect

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Identify whether or not the use of the ellipses
is correct.

• 8. As mentioned in the article, Syd Hoffman,
  principal at Bright Beginnings charter school in
  Chandler, most schools pick a theme that has
  nothing to do with the holidays . . . we just
  stay away from it.
• A. Correct
• B. Incorrect

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Identify whether or not the use of the ellipses
is correct.

• 8. As mentioned in the article, Syd Hoffman,
  principal at Bright Beginnings charter school in
  Chandler, most schools pick a theme that has
  nothing to do with the holidays . . . we just
  stay away from it.
• A. Correct
• B. Incorrect

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Identify whether or not the use of the ellipses
is correct.

• 9. I did not know what to say, my mouthhad no
  waywith namesmy eyes were blind,and something
  started in my soul,. . . .
• and I wrote the first faint line,faint, without
  substance, purenonsense,pure wisdomof someone
  who knows nothing,
• Correct
• Incorrect

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Identify whether or not the use of the ellipses
is correct.

• 9. I did not know what to say, my mouthhad no
  waywith namesmy eyes were blind,and something
  started in my soul,. . . .
• and I wrote the first faint line,faint, without
  substance, purenonsense,pure wisdomof someone
  who knows nothing,
• Correct
• Incorrect

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Identify whether or not the use of the ellipses
is correct.

• 10. Most schools are sad they lose the holiday
  feeling besides, Who wants to take away
  Christmas from children? . . . Anyway, there are
  rarely any complaints from parents about holiday
  music selection.
• Correct
• Incorrect

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Identify whether or not the use of the ellipses
is correct.

• 10. Most schools are sad they lose the holiday
  feeling besides, Who wants to take away
  Christmas from children? . . . Anyway, there are
  rarely any complaints from parents about holiday
  music selection.
• Correct
• Incorrect

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Identify whether or not the use of the ellipses
is correct.

• 11. We have lost even this twilight. No one saw
  us this evening hand in hand while the blue
  night dropped on the world.
• . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  . . . . . . . . . .
• I remembered you with my soul clenched in that
  sadness of mine that you know.
• A. Correct
• B. Incorrect

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Identify whether or not the use of the ellipses
is correct.

• 11. We have lost even this twilight. No one saw
  us this evening hand in hand while the blue
  night dropped on the world.
• . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  . . . . . . . . . .
• I remembered you with my soul clenched in that
  sadness of mine that you know.
• A. Correct
• B. Incorrect

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• You can find the ellipses notes and quick check
  on our web page! ?

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• Take out a blank piece of notebook paper and fold
  it in half!

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• For practice Do you believe reality television
  has lowered the standards for television and
  society as a whole?
• Thesis (first sentence)
• One solid paragraph
• Third person
• Write a short quote with an ellipses depicting a
  small omission responding to the prompt.
• Write a long quote with an ellipses depicting a
  large omission responding to the quote.
• 1 paraphrase
• 1 summary (summarize one idea)
• 3 lesson 2 vocab words
• (write neatly!)

• On the right side label all of your elements
• identify the purpose of each of your quotes
  which of the four options are you utilizing?
• Highlight your actual ellipses.
• Label your paraphrase
• Label your summary
• Also write down on the right the definitions for
  the lesson 2 vocab words.