ellipses i try to leave out the parts that people skip. ~elmore leonard
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EllipsesI try to leave out the
parts that people skip.
~Elmore Leonard
Ellipses•Three evenly spaced periods•Shows an omission•Never come before•Never come at the end!
First – When to quote:
1. When language is especially vivid or expressive2. When exact wording is needed for technical
accuracy3. When the words of an important authority lend
weight to an argument4. Highlighting necessary bias or opposite
opinions.
Quote I was asked once again for
relationship tips, and “I don’t know why anyone would want to ask an actor for dating advice. We are not the poster children for healthy relationships”
(Ginnifer Goodwin).
Small Omission
“Being married to someone very successful . . . keeps you hungry to improve. You’ve got to be hungry. If your wife went out with Brad Pitt, you’d want to prove yourself, you know what I mean?”
(Chris Martin – Gwyneth Paltrow’s husband)
“I’ve been off the junk, as I call it, for five years. I’ve had a face-lift, eye job and all that stuff. . . . It didn’t help me one bit. It didn’t get me happier or didn’t make me look particularly younger.”
Kathy Griffin
Long (sentence or more) Omission
“When he falls, I’m like, ‘You better get up!’I’m, not the mom that’s going to make him a little wuss.”
Kendra Basket, talking about her son
Quote Within a Quote
“If Justin Bieber asked me, I’d do that for my daughter. She doesn’t think I’m very cool, so that might [help].”
Mark Wahlberg on whether he’d rap again.
Interpolation
Joe Shmoe clearly contends that “She is riddiculous [sic].”
Use [sic] to indicate an error in a quotation (Latin for thus or it is so)
Note: When you type [sic] it needs to be in italics, if you are handwriting [sic] you don’t
need to put in italics!
Blah blah blah blah blahblah blah blah
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .blah blahblah blah blah blah blah
An omission in poetry
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.
“She kept saying ‘Bella . . . I like Edward.’ Then I realized, I think she’s talking about Twilight. [It’s] not going to happen!”
Michael Buble, on nixing his fiancé's top choices for baby names.
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
So, tell me what you see in this . . .
Two more items . . .
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!
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.
Two more items . . .
Online sources
Lead in “blah blah blah” (Jones).
No Page numbers!
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!
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.
A. CorrectB. Incorrect
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.
A. CorrectB. Incorrect
Identify whether or not the use of the ellipses is correct.
2. The article mentions, “Governing board policy in Mesa allows religious music . . .”
A. Correct
B. Incorrect
Identify whether or not the use of the ellipses is correct.
2. The article mentions, “Governing board policy in Mesa allows religious music . . .”
A. Correct
B. Incorrect
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.”
A. Correct
B. Incorrect
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.”
A. CorrectB. Incorrect
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.
A. CorrectB. Incorrect
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.
A. CorrectB. Incorrect
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.”
A. Correct
B. Incorrect
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.”
A. Correct
B. Incorrect
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.”
A. Correct
B. Incorrect
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.”
A. Correct
B. Incorrect
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. CorrectB. Incorrect
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. CorrectB. Incorrect
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. CorrectB. Incorrect
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. CorrectB. Incorrect
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,
A. CorrectB. Incorrect
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,
A. CorrectB. Incorrect
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.”
A. CorrectB. Incorrect
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.”
A. CorrectB. Incorrect
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 handwhile the blue night dropped on the world. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .I remembered you with my soul clenchedin that sadness of mine that you know.
A. CorrectB. Incorrect
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 handwhile the blue night dropped on the world. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .I remembered you with my soul clenchedin that sadness of mine that you know.
A. CorrectB. Incorrect
You can find the ellipses notes and quick check on our web page!
Take out a blank piece of notebook paper and
fold it in half!
For practice: Do you believe reality television has lowered the standards for television and society as a whole?Thesis (first sentence)One solid paragraphThird personWrite 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 paraphrase1 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 paraphraseLabel your summaryAlso write down on the right the definitions for the lesson 2 vocab words.