Nonrestrictive Elements and Parallel Structure

Question 1

Which element in the sentence is nonrestrictive?

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B: my father

Question 2

What is the effect of Friedan’s comma usage in this excerpt?

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B: It separates items in a long list of expectations without slowing the pace of the paragraph.

Question 3

What punctuation is best for sentence 1?

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A: commas

Question 4

What punctuation is best for sentence 2?

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B: parentheses

Question 5

What punctuation is best for sentence 3?

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C: dashes

Question 6

The commas .

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A: clarify the subject without breaking the flow

Question 7

The parentheses .

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A: emphasize the colonists’ independence

Question 8

The dashes .

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B: create dramatic pauses to honor the dead

Question 9

Choose the correctly punctuated sentence.

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B: The game, which lasted twelve innings, ended with a Red Sox victory!

Nonrestrictive Elements and Parallel Structure Answers