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A. Directions: Add correct punctuation to these sentences from the story "He-y,
Come On Ou-t!"
1. The hole cleansed city of its filth
the sea and sky seemed to have
become a bit clearer than before.
2. Little by little the hole_filling company expanded its business.
3. ...a bunch of gawking curiosity seekers showed up_one could also pick out here
and there men of shifty glances who appeared to be concessionaires.
4. ...there would be absolutely no above_ground contamination for
several thousand years...
5. Above his head he heard a voice shout
"Hey, come on out!"
B. Directions: For each item, choose a sentence from the selection and rewrite it using
the punctuation mark indicated.
1 dash
2. parentheses
3. brackets

But this, but you – small, pitiful and twiggy – you put me down with wine, you blinded me. come back, odysseus, and i'll treat you well, praying the god of earthquake to befriend you – his son i am, for he by his avowal fathered me, and, if he will, he may heal me of this black wound – he and no other of all the happy gods or mortal men.' few words i shouted in reply to him: 'if i could take your life i would and take your time away, and hurl you down to hell! the god of earthquake could not heal you there! ' at this he stretched his hands out in his darkness toward the sky of stars, and prayed poseidon: 'o hear me, lord, blue girdler of the islands, if i am thine indeed, and thou art father: grant that odysseus, raider of cities, never see his home -the odyssey, homer what motivates cyclops to ask poseidon to interfere with odysseus's journey home?