Sept 19

1. Explain why Mr. Wiesel uses dashes in the sentence below: "The Jews of Sighet—the little town in Transylvania where I spent my childhood—were fond of him."
2. Create a sentence of your own that uses dashes the same way as the sentence above. 
3. Is the sentence below a simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex sentence?  How do you know? "The Jewish community of Sighet held him in highest esteem; his advice on public and even private matters was frequently sought."
4. Create a sentence that uses a semicolon like the sentence above.