Question

read the passage from a newspaper editorial.
student elections and election - related reports are not enough to prepare many young people to vote. after all, it is hard to get excited about an event or activity in which one is not allowed to truly participate. for kids to be really prepared to vote and to be excited about exercising this right, it is necessary for them to feel that they are part of the process. achieving this may require some creativity, but it can be done.
emma quoted part of the passage this way in her essay:
as the editorial states, \student elections and election - related reports are not enough to prepare many young people to vote, for kids to be really prepared to vote and to be excited about exercising this right, it is necessary for them to feel that they are part of the process.\
what should emma do to correctly show that she has left out part of the newspaper article in her essay?
select all that apply
□ use an ellipsis instead of a semicolon
□ use a dash instead of a semicolon to indicate a break
□ capitalize \for\ to indicate a second sentence is included
□ delete the quotation marks

Explanation:

1. When omitting part of a quoted passage, an ellipsis (…) is used to show the omission. In Emma's quote, there's a missing part between the two sentences she quoted (the original has "After all, it is hard to get excited... For kids...", and she skipped the "After all..." part). So using an ellipsis instead of the semicolon (where the omission is) is correct.
2. Using a dash to indicate a break is not the standard way to show omission in a quote; ellipsis is for omission.
3. Capitalizing "For" would be incorrect because in the original, "For kids..." is part of the same sentence (after the omitted part), so it shouldn't be capitalized as a new sentence.
4. Deleting quotation marks would remove the indication that it's a quote, which is not the right way to show omission.

So only the first option is correct.

Answer:

A. use an ellipsis instead of a semicolon