1. Parenthical and Nonrestrictive Elements
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Comma Skills_Sactivity.ppt

2. Nonrestrictive elements
Can be words, phrases, or clauses.
Usually set off by commas.
Provides added (nonessential) information to a sentence.
Does not limit (restrict) the element it modifies (tells more about)-it’s an appositives.
If the added information refers to main topic in the sentence, it is nonrestrictive.

3. Example Sentence of Nonrestrictive Element:
Hatshepsut, unlike Egyptian royal women before her, ruled as a pharaoh.

4. Parenthical Elements parentheses are placed around the information
parentheses set it off
it shows a break in thought
*If the added information doesn’t refer to the main topic in the sentence, it’s Parenthetical.

5. Example Sentence of Parenthetical Element:
She was a princess before she declared herself pharaoh (king of Egypt).