Parentheses

Which of the following sentences uses parentheses correctly?

• My yellow (hat) also became very dirty.
• My (planner) is white and green.
• He answered the quetstion (after spending five minutes on the question) wrong.
• She (loved) him very much.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

Which of these are parentheses?

• ()
• {}
• []
• <>

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CCSS.L.1.5A

CCSS.L.1.5B

CCSS.L.K.5A

Parentheses are used to...

• make your writing look cooler.
• add more information into a sentence without an interruption.
• show when someone is speaking
• put two words together to make an adjective

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CCSS.L.6.2A

Which of the following sentences DOES NOT use parentheses properly?

• He pitched for the team for five seasons (1994–1998).
• I love One Direction. (My sister prefers Green Day. Lame.)
• Rosie loved chocolate-covered strawberries (with her blueberry pancakes.)
• She went to the mall (around 5:00) yesterday.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

Which of the following uses parentheses correctly?

• My worst (subject Math) is getting easier.
• My worst subject (Math) is getting easier.
• My worst subject Math (is getting easier).

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CCSS.L.6.2A

Which of the following uses parentheses correctly?

• All of my life (all 12 years) has been in Georgia.
• All of my life (all 12 years has) been in Georgia.
• ll (of my life) all 12 years has been in Georgia.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

Select the answer that includes correct use of parentheses.

• I like the yellow house the one with the blue door the most.

• I like the yellow (house the one with the blue door) the most.

• I like the yellow house (the one with the blue door) the most.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

Which sentence uses parentheses correctly?

• Adolf the (biggest chimp) was not very helpful to Jane, but Rashidi was.

• Adolf (the biggest chimp) was not very helpful to Jane, but Rashidi was.

• Adolf the biggest chimp was not very helpful to Jane (but Rashidi was).

• Adolf the biggest chimp was (not very helpful) to Jane, but Rashidi was.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

What are the correct reasons for using parentheses?

Choose all that apply

• To set apart nonessential elements from the rest of the sentence.

• To suggest the information is even less important than information set off by commas.

• To take the place of quotation marks when a character is speaking.

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CCSS.L.6.2A

Which part of the following sentence is the "extra information" that requires punctuation (either commas, dashes, or parentheses)?

Our cat a tabby named Princess loves to lay out in the sun.

• Our cat

• a tabby named Princess

• loves to lay out

• in the sun

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CCSS.L.6.2A

CCSS.L.4.2C