PPT-Brackets and Parentheses

A UWF Writing Lab MiniLesson MiniLesson 19 Use PARENTHESES to insert aside information into a sentence or between two sentences The girl her name is Becca is terrified of thunderstorms. Here items with numbers like x1 are usersupplied variables Miscellaneous q quit assign INSTALL package1 install package1 m12 column 2 of matrix m1 m125 or m1c2345 columns 25 m1a1 variable a1 in data frame m1 NA missing data isna true if dat A UWF Writing Lab . Mini-Lesson. Mini-Lesson #19. Use PARENTHESES to insert aside information into a sentence or between two sentences.. The girl (her name is . Becca. ) is terrified of thunderstorms.. Rylant. is obviously a writer who likes to pull her readers close and make them feel like insiders….”. Whispering Parentheses. An Angel for Solomon Singer. (1992) by Cynthia . Rylant. : “When he reached the end of his list of dreams ( the end was a purple wall), he simply started all over again and ordered up a balcony (but he didn’t say the balcony out loud. Add the labeled punctuation in the correct place in each sentence.. Seventy five . students turned in an essay. . (Hyphen). 2. . My dog’s favorite toy . a . stuffed . alligator . is lying out in . Andrea Lunsford. The Everyday Writer. Parentheses. Use parentheses to enclose material of minor importance.. In general, use commas when the material to be set off is least interruptive, parentheses when it is more interruptive, and dashes when it is the most interruptive.. HT8678-2-30-E. McKinley Sofa. Firstly we take the back cushion out, and then . Re-tighten the screws and bolts. The End. Marking code: P. What is it?. Brackets, commas or dashes can all be used to separate a word or phrase that has been added to a sentence as an explanation or afterthought.. The word/phrase inside the brackets, commas or dashes is called a parenthesis.. Use a . hyphen. to divide a word at the end of a line. . Only words with more than one syllable can be divided. Do not leave a single letter at the beginning or the end of a line. . Longer words can be divided in more than one place.. Trevor . Vallarino. Ian Nelson. When to use parenthesis. Use parenthesis to enclose explanatory or additional information (When it is appropriate in a sentence). .. Rules of Parenthesis: . Rule 1 . Use parenthesis to enclose words that clarify or are used as an aside.. 9. , . 2015- Punctuation that Indicates a Pause. An . ellipsis. . (. ellipses- plural) is a punctuation mark consisting of three dots. . (…).. Use an ellipsis when omitting a word, phrase, line, paragraph, or more from a quoted passage. Ellipses save space or remove material that is less relevant. They are useful in getting right to the point without delay or distraction:. p. 417 and p. 430. . . .. ( ). [ ]. Ellipsis Points . . .. Use ellipsis points to mark omissions from quote material and pauses in a written passage.. Use three periods with spaces in between. . . . .. - The marks of parenthesis are the marks of punctuation . ( ) . that set off unrelated words, phrases, or clauses that do not change the meaning of the sentence when omitted. Use marks of parenthesis in pairs.. ?. Parentheses . are round brackets( the symbols that are enclosing this . sentence).. Parentheses usually contain . information that adds more depth to the main sentence. . This extra information can be omitted from the main sentence entirely . Chapter One . (Page numbers are in parentheses). Foliage (9). Motif (12). Specious (12). Enmity (14). Decorous (15). Furtive (22). Suffusion (23). Askew (26). Pliant (26). Bastion (29). Chapter Two. (Page numbers are in Parentheses).