adding dashes
There was a loud boom--what a fright--from the back of the theater.
We all turned around--I even jumped up-to see what it was.
It was part of the play-imagine-that meant to add suspense.
A hyphen looks like this: -
A dash looks like this: --
To add dashes to your writing, you can use the hyphen-minus character (-) three times in a row (--). This creates an em dash (—), which is longer than a hyphen and is commonly used to indicate a pause, interruption, or emphasis in a sentence. Here are a few examples of sentences with dashes added:
1. There was a loud boom—what a fright—from the back of the theater.
2. We all turned around—I even jumped up—to see what it was.
3. It was part of the play—imagine—that meant to add suspense.
Remember, when adding dashes, there should be no space before or after the dashes.