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Dashes and Parentheses

The following sentences may require the use of dashes or parentheses. Identify which answer correctly adds dashes or parentheses as necessary. (If none are needed, select “correct sentence.”)

For help with this exercise, see section 28g of Focus on Reading and Writing.

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The lychee a native of southern China is a delicious tropical fruit.
A. correct sentence
B. The lychee—a native of southern China—is a delicious tropical fruit.
C. The lychee a native—of southern China—is a delicious tropical fruit.
D. The lychee (a native of southern China) is a delicious tropical fruit.
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It has a rough outer rind and juicy, white flesh. In fact, the flesh looks like a human eyeball.
A. It has a rough outer rind and juicy, white flesh. In fact—the flesh looks like—a human eyeball.
B. It has a rough—outer rind—and juicy, white flesh. In fact, the flesh looks like a human eyeball.
C. It has a rough outer rind and juicy—white—flesh. In fact, the flesh looks like a human eyeball.
D. correct sentence
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The seed dark brown and glossy is bitter to taste.
A. correct sentence
B. The seed—dark brown and glossy—is bitter to taste.
C. The seed dark brown—and glossy—is bitter to taste.
D. The seed dark brown and glossy—is bitter to taste.
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During China’s Tang Dynasty, lychees often celebrated in poetry were said to have been the favorite fruit of the emperor’s concubine.
A. correct sentence
B. During China’s Tang Dynasty, lychees often celebrated in—poetry—were said to have been the favorite fruit of the emperor’s concubine.
C. During China’s Tang Dynasty, lychees (often celebrated in poetry) were said to have been the favorite fruit of the emperor’s concubine.
D. During China’s Tang Dynasty—lychees—often celebrated in poetry were said to have been the favorite fruit of the emperor’s concubine.
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The concubine was so delighted by the fruit, the emperor ordered it delivered by courier from Szechuan a province in southern China to the capital of Chang-an.
A. correct sentence
B. The concubine was so delighted by the fruit, the emperor ordered it delivered by courier—from Szechuan—a province in southern China to the capital of Chang-an.
C. The concubine was so delighted (by the fruit), the emperor ordered it delivered by courier from Szechuan a province in southern China to the capital of Chang-an.
D. The concubine was so delighted by the fruit, the emperor ordered it delivered by courier from Szechuan (a province in southern China) to the capital of Chang-an.

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