Commas are used before and after a nonessential element that is used to modify or rename what the subject is referring to. a nonessential element can most readily be identified if it could be deleted from the sentence and the sentence would still convey its intended meaning.

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Which quotation from the passage best supports the themethat humans have a natural desire to learn about theworld? "they were men. i remember the dead man's face.""at least, we make a beginning."and the magic tools are broken—but we can look atthem and wonder."but they were men who built the city, not gods ordemons.