Nonrestrictive Elements Lesson

Open Ended

Rewrite the following sentence, adding commas as needed:

Rachel Carson born on a small farm in Pennsylvania dedicated her life to protecting the environment.

Rachel Carson, born on a small farm in Pennsylvania, devoted her life to protecting the environment.

Open Ended

Rewrite the following sentence, adding dashes as needed.

Carson who was always passionate about nature was a writer.

Carson--who was always passionate about nature--was a writer.

Open Ended

Rewrite the following sentence, adding parentheses as needed

Rachel Carson 1907-1964 did important research on the effects of chemicals on our water supply.

Rachel Carson (1907-1964) did important research on the effects of chemicals on our water supply.

Multiple Choice

What punctuation is used for unrelated, unnecessary information in a sentence?

• commas

  ,

• dashes

  -

• parentheses

  ( )

• semicolons

  ;

Fill in the Blanks

are used for unnecessary, but closely related, information that is added to a sentence.

Multiple Choice

What punctuation mark is used for unrelated, unnecessary information that the writer wants to stand out?

• commas

  ,

• dashes

  -

• parentheses

  ( )

• semicolons

  ;

Poll

Choose the comma.

• ,

• ;

• )

• -