Question

Choose which of the following uses these marks of punctuation correctly.
a.
In America, Edgar Allan Poe was long regarded as a minor writer (an author) of melodramatic poems and thrilling tales of mystery and suspense.
c.
[In America,] Edgar Allan Poe was long regarded as a minor writer—an author of melodramatic poems and thrilling tales of mystery and suspense.
b.
In America, Edgar Allan Poe was long regarded as a minor writer—an author of melodramatic poems and thrilling tales of mystery and suspense.
d.
In America, Edgar Allan Poe was long regarded as a minor writer an author of melodramatic poems and thrilling tales of mystery and suspense.

Answer 1

B: In America, Edgar Allan Poe was long regarded as a minor writer—an author of melodramatic poems and thrilling tales of mystery and suspense.