Which sentence uses an elongated hyphen correctly?
Frank went skiing – snowboarding – tubing last winter.
Last weekend, Laurie applied for three jobs – at the mall. All three flavors -chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry – were sold out at the ice cream store.
Alex – and – Jan are celebrating their mother’s birthday.

C. All three flavors -chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry – were sold out at the ice cream store.

Explanation:

Elongated hyphen is used to emphasize an extra information in the sentence.

This extra information usually changes the tone of the sentence or provides some details that are not crucial for understanding.

In most cases, elongated hyphen replaces commas, with the addition of giving more importance to that certain part of the sentence.

Answer A. shows a sequence of events, so it should use hyphen but not elongated one.

Answers B. and D. should not use hyphen at all.

Answer C. forms a complete and understandable information even without this hyphenated, extra part. However that part tells us information on what the flavors were, so instead of writing that in next sentence, we can add it here with appropriate use of hyphen.

the reason some people sacrifice their own life for another person's life could be that they are in love with them and would do anything to keep them safe a protected even if that means risking their life in the process

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)