I watched all of the video about nonessentials/parentheticals (worth 10 points; this will be checked, just like NoRedINk fyi)

Click "show your work" and underline two examples of nonessentials

Click "show your work" and read the directions

Combine the two elements. Separate the nonessential/parenthetical with commas.

Independent Clause: Amir and Baba escaped Afghanistan.

Parenthetical/Nonessential: characters in The Kite Runner

Combine the two elements. Separate the nonessential/parenthetical with dashes

Independent Clause: Hassan was crying as he left the only home he ever knew.

Parenthetical/Nonessential: Amir's childhood friend

Combine the two elements. Make the prepositional phrase an intro by separating it from the IC with a comma

Independent Clause: They escaped in an old oil truck.

Parenthetical/Nonessential as an INTRO: with no other choice

The sentence you created above had a prepositional phrase as an introduction to your sentence. What word is the preposition in the prepositional phrase?

The sentence you created above had a prepositional phrase as an introduction to your sentence. What word is the obect of the preposition (the noun after the preposition)

Worth 10 points

Create your own sentence with the following elements:

• A prepositional phrase as an intro (here is a list of common prepositions to help you get started)

• An IC about Amir

• A nonessential/parenthetical that separates the subject from the predicate in your IC (A nonessential/parenthetical often begins with the words who, which, a, or the)