When working with additional information in a sentence, when should dashes be used instead of commas or parentheses?

a. a dash is always used when renaming a noun.
b. a dash is used to continue the flow of a complex sentence.
c. a dash is used to set off a relatively important aside in a way that grabs the reader's attention.
d. a dash is used in formal writing to set off less important background information.

Which phrase best defines “quotations”

Which best describes the tone in these lines "the fish"

Read the passage. (1) the first skateboard was constructed of old roller-skate wheels attached to a piece of wood. (2) improvements were made to the skateboard in 1959. (3) the year that the first commercially made skateboard appeared. (4) soon after, skateboarding began to grow in popularity. (5) in 1963, skateboard manufacturers formed the first professional skateboarding team. (6) that same year, the first organized skateboard competition took place, in california. which is the most effective way to correct the fragment in sentence 3? attach the fragment to sentence 4. attach the fragment to sentence 2. insert the phrase in the united states to the end of the fragment. insert the verb had before the verb appeared.