Question

A _____ is used to show a large pause or interruption in thought within a sentence.

comma

colon

dash

Answer 1

Answer:a dash

Step-by-step explanation:

Answer 2

A
`dash -------` is used to show a large pause or interruption in thought within a sentence.

A comma does not make sense because all a comma does is separate elements in a sentence; a colon separates thoughts and/or enumerations.

Thus, dash was the only reasonable answer.
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