1. Commas in Parenthetical Expressions

2. Parentheticals... ➔ are… words or phrases that are not needed in a sentence ➔ do… explain or clarify the sentence

3. Comma placement ➔ Parenthetical words and phrases are usually offset by commas ◆ Parenthetical words and phrases at the beginning or end of a sentence is offset by one comma

4. Commonly Used Parentheticals... ➔ Exactly ➔ Apparently ➔ Supposing ➔ Unfortunately ➔ Infact ➔ Incidentally ➔ By the way ➔ For example ➔ In addition ➔ As such ➔ In my opinion ➔ Most importantly ➔ As long as ➔ After all ➔ Of course

5. Examples: #1. By the way, your essay is due on Thursday. #2. You did, without a doubt, earn the grade that you received. !WARNING! Commas are only needed if they interrupt the sentence #3. I have no doubt you will pass STAAR.