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Which punctuation mark should go in the underlined space to show a break in the speech?

Michael said, "Let's find the ___"

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The punctuation mark should be a hyphen
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The punctuation mark used to show a break in the speech is the em dash. It is used to punctuate an interrupted dialogue. In this case, the dialogue would be: Michael said, "Let's find the--".

In this dailogue, the em dash may be used when a speaker interrupts another one. Also, the em dash can be used when the writer interrupts the dialogue to inlcude an action or any kind of information.

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