Using Punctuation

Question 6 • PARTA - EVP: PGCPS ENGLISH 12 OC (FALL2026) 791113

Read the sentence.We’re performing a scene from my favorite book (the second in the trilogy).

Answer

The writer correctly uses parentheses to de-emphasize a nonrestrictive element in the sentence.

The writer incorrectly uses parentheses to emphasize a restrictive element in the sentence.

The writer incorrectly uses parentheses to set off a restrictive element in the sentence.

The writer correctly uses parentheses to modify a nonrestrictive element in the sentence.

Explanation

“The second in the trilogy” adds extra information about the speaker’s favorite book; it does not identify which book is meant by distinguishing it from another favorite book. That makes it nonrestrictive, and the parentheses appropriately set it off as secondary information. Choice A describes this use of parentheses.

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