Which test best identifies a parenthetic clause in the worked passage?

Supplementary Practice 13: Attribution, Quotation and Evidential Restraint in Rhetorical Analysis

• Remove it to test whether the main predication remains intact and identify the separate purpose
• Assess the second clause as a circumstantial state linked to its subject
• Treat it as a generalizing epilogue after the first sentence
• Look for an implied question that the second sentence answers