Question

read the excerpt from \votes for women,\ a speech by mark twain from 1901. i should like to see the time come when women shall help to make the laws. i should like to see that whiplash, the ballot, in the hands of women. which quotation correctly uses an ellipsis to shorten twains words without changing their meaning? i should like to see the time come when women shall help to make the laws. i should like to see that whiplash, the ballot. i should like to see the time come when women shall help to make the laws. i should like to see the ballot, in the hands of women. i should like to see the time come when women shall help to make the laws i should like to see that whiplash, the ballot, in the hands of women. i should like to see the time come when shall help to make the laws i should like to see that whiplash, the ballot, in the hands of women.

Explanation:

An ellipsis is used to omit words in a quotation while keeping the meaning intact. Option B correctly uses an ellipsis to shorten the text without changing the overall meaning. It omits the non - essential phrase "that whiplash," which is a descriptive element not crucial to the main idea of women making laws and having the ballot.

Answer:

B. I should like to see the time come when women shall help to make the laws. I should like to see the ballot, in the hands of women.