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Read the paragraph below from Jack London's short story "The Call of the Wild." Use the rules of hyphenation to decide where hyphens are needed.


And Buck was truly a devil, as he drew himself together for the spring, , , a mad glitter in his eyes. Straight at the man he launched his pounds of fury, surcharged with the pent passion of two .

Verified Answer :

 red-eyed  devil, as he drew himself together for the spring, hair bristling hair-bristling , mouth-foaming mouth foaming , a mad glitter in his blood-shot blood shot eyes. Straight at the man he launched his one hundred and forty one-hundred and forty pounds of fury, surcharged with the pent passion of two days and nights days-and-nights .

The hyphens are dash to connect two words. The hyphens needed in the paragraph are as follows:

And Buck was truly a red-eyed devil, as he drew himself together for the spring, hair-bristling, mouth-foaming, a mad glitter in his blood-shot eyes. Straight at the man, he launched his pounds of fury, surcharged with the pent passion of two days and night.

What is hyphen?

A hyphen (-) is a punctuation mark that joins words or portions of words together.

When we use hyphens in a sentence, it is called hyphenation.

Examples are Son-in-law, red-handed, etc.

Thus, the words where hyphen has used are:

Red-eyed, hair-bristling, mouth-foaming, and blood-shot.

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