Dashes for Emphasis - Enhancing Writing Impact with Punctuation. The "Dashes for Emphasis" exercise is designed to help students understand and effectively use dashes to add emphasis and impact to their writing. By mastering this punctuation mark, students will develop a valuable tool for enhancing their written communication. In this exercise, students will learn how to strategically incorporate dashes to highlight important information, create suspense, or emphasize a particular point. Through a series of engaging examples and practice sentences, students will gain a deeper understanding of the purpose and function of dashes in writing.