Parentheses enclose numerical figures that confirm written numbers.
Parentheses enclose explanatory material.
A parenthetic expression is a group of words, an idea, that is not closely related to the rest of the sentence.
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Parentheses is an explanatory word or sentence that is being inserted in any article, story, or passage. Parentheses are usually marked by brackets (round or box) or in some cases even dashes.
For example: She finally answered (after taking ten minutes to think) that she did not understand the question. Parentheses helps the writer to provide or add an additional information, which they otherwise can't.
Grendel. Although the same characters appear in both Beowulf and Grendel, their characteristics are not the same. Whereas in Beowulf, the round character would be Beowulf, in Grendel that would be Grendel.
Because the conflict is when King Minos traps Daedalus in Crete and the climax is when Icarus drowns. The exposition is when they explain Daedalus' character.
The passage of the Seventeenth Amendment granted U.S. citizens the right to vote for Senators for the first time in 125 years when it was passed in 1913.
