Parenthesis is the use of a phrase, word or sentence that's added into writing as extra information or an afterthought. It's punctuated by brackets, commas or dashes. For example, 'his favourite team - whom he had followed since the age of five - was Rockingham Rovers'.

How do you use parentheses in a sentence?

Use parentheses to enclose information that clarifies or is used as an aside. Example: He finally answered (after taking five minutes to think) that he did not understand the question. If material in parentheses ends a sentence, the period goes after the parentheses. Example: He gave me a nice bonus ($500).

What does a parenthesis look like?

A parenthesis is a punctuation mark used to enclose information, similar to a bracket. The open parenthesis, which looks like (, is used to begin parenthetical text. The plural of parenthesis is parentheses. ...