Why might a writer put extra information in brackets or between dashes, as in 'The house — an old farmhouse — stood empty'?
Answer and explanation
Correct answer: D. To add an aside without interrupting the main point
- Step 1: The sentence works without the part in dashes: 'The house stood empty'.
- Step 2: The dashes add a detail as an aside, without breaking the flow.
Answer
To add an aside without interrupting the main point.
Why not the others: To show that the information is unimportant and false: an aside can be important and is not false. To mark the end of the paragraph: paragraphs are separated by new lines. To show the words are being spoken by a character: speech uses inverted commas.
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