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What is the sentence part between the commas called?

My cat, her limbs all tucked in neat and rounded, was deep asleep.

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a phrase, im not sure if there is a name for that
User Sergiomahi
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Answer:

Parenthetical comma

Step-by-step explanation:

My cat was deep asleep. (This still makes sense)

These work just as parentheses would. If you remove anything in between the commas, the statement should still make sense.

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