Reread the following mentor sentences from “Critical Thinking for College, Career, and Citizenship”:
It is different from, but often relies upon, simple recall (e.g., what does five plus seven equal?), unsupported opinions (e.g., I like vanilla ice cream), and automated actions (e.g., stopping at a red light).
You could learn to recite the definition of the theory with little meaning (e.g., photosynthesis is a process used by plants to synthesize foods from carbon dioxide and water using sunlight) or you could process it at a deeper level.
What do these sentences have in common? They both use the abbreviation e.g. and parentheses. The abbreviation e.g. is for the Latin phrase exempli gratia which translates to “for example.” When using e.g., you should always put a comma after the abbreviation, and it should always be placed within parentheses.
Return to your paragraph on structure above in question #1. Scan your paragraph for a potential place to use e.g., and add it in. You will likely need to add, delete, or rearrange words as you revise the sentence.