"The Sea of Faith Was once, too, at the full, and round earth's shore Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled. But now I on
ly hear Its melancholy, long, withdrawing roar, Retreating, to the breath Of the night-wind, down the vast edges drear And naked shingles of the world." --from "Dover Beach" by Matthew Arnold Which sentence uses ellipses correctly when integrating this quotation? A) Arnold writes that ". . . the Sea of Faith / Was once, too, at the full." B) Arnold only hears the "melancholy, long, withdrawing roar . . ." of the Sea of Faith. C) Arnold says that the ". . . Sea of Faith . . . Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled." D) Arnold says that Sea of Faith once "Lay like the folds . . . of a bright girdle furled."
The sentence that uses ellipses correctly is the following one: Arnold says that the " . . .Sea of Faith . . . Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled." Ellipses are used to mark where some words in a quotation have been omitted. Ellipses should not be used at the very end of a quotation.
Answer: C) Arnold says that the " . . .Sea of Faith . . . Lay like the folds of a bright girdle furled."
An ellipsis is a series of dots that is used in order to indicate that some words, sentence, or section of text was omitted. This omission is intentional, and is not meant to alter the original meaning of the text. Ellipses are useful when an author wants to include a quote, but wants to omit some sections of it that are not relevant to his purpose.
