
Appositive Phrases
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Brooke Clark
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Appositive Phrases
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My roommate, Katarina, told me she is inheriting El Paisa, a Mexican food restaurant in Ft. Worth Texas.
Notice the nouns that are underlined may need more information--almost like a name tag.
Notice the phrases in red work to add more information to specific nouns.
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An appositive renames a noun and is set off from the sentence with commas or hyphens.
Ex: Hermione Granger, a witch at Hogwarts School, is accomplished at spells.
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Notice the difference!
It went away slowly.
It went away slowly, the feeling of disappointment that came sharply after the thrill that made his shoulders ache.
Also note that an appositive is not always close to the noun it is describing.
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Multiple Choice
What is the appositive phrase: She struggles as usual to maintain her calm, composed, and friendly personality, a sort of mask she wore all over her body.
She struggles
calm, composed, and friendly personality
a sort of mask she wore all over her body.
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Multiple Choice
What is the appositive phrase: Mr. Cattanzara, a bald-headed man who worked in a change booth on an IRT station, lived on the next block after George’s.
Mr. Cattanzara
a bald-headed man who worked in a change booth on an IRT station
lived
on the next block after George’s.
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Multiple Choice
What is the appositive phrase: A new study at Emory University has found that prairie voles, social rodents that form lifelong bonds between mates, engage in empathy-based relationships.
A new study at Emory University
prairie voles
social rodents that form lifelong bonds between mates
engage in empathy-based relationships.
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Multiple Choice
Select the underlined word or phrase that needs to be changed to make the sentence correct: Marvin, the librarian from Ridgedale always has a good recommendation for something to read.
Marvin, the
Ridgedale always
good recommendation
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Multiple Choice
Select the underlined word or phrase that needs to be changed to make the sentence correct: The dogs, a group of basset hounds liked to run and sniff; they typically spent three hours outdoors every day.
The dogs,
hounds liked
sniff; they
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Multiple Select
Select the underlined word or phrase that needs to be changed to make the sentence correct: Our family's pet bird, a canary wakes me every morning with her beautiful song a melody that overpowers my alarm clock.
canary wakes
morning with
song a
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Open Ended
Write your own modeling this example: Mr. Harrison, the principal at my school, wears a tie every day.
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