Question

1. choose correct or incorrect for missing use of hyphens, dashes, or ellipses.

a well written story has characters that seem real and believable.
a russian american trading company was organized in 1781.
the weather forecast said it would be 70 - 80 degrees today
marcy shortened the original quote in her paper: “was anyone hurt?”
my research paper is due in twenty - one hours
the reason for reading literature is to examine ideas over gen erations of history

Explanation:

1. "Well written" needs a hyphen as a compound adjective before "story".
2. "Russian American" needs a hyphen as a compound adjective before "trading company".
3. "70-80" uses a hyphen correctly as a range indicator.
4. The quote is missing an ellipsis to show text was shortened from the original.
5. "twenty - one" has an unnecessary space around the hyphen; it should be "twenty-one".
6. The phrase "over gen erations" is missing an em dash to show a pause/break; it should be "over—generations".

Answer:

1. Incorrect
2. Incorrect
3. Correct
4. Incorrect
5. Incorrect
6. Incorrect