Appositive Phrase

• begin with an -ing verb

• acts as an adjective that describes a noun in the sentence

• should be placed before or after the noun it describes

• EX: Fearing the lions, Salva walked carefully through Atuot land.

FIRST, LET'S REVIEW PRESENT PARTICIPIAL PHRASES

• "renames" a noun right beside it

• can be short or long combination of words

• can begin, interrupt, or end a sentence

• an appositive phrase is ALWAYS separated from the rest of the sentence by commas

• Grandma's dog, a husky mix, sleeps at the foot of her bed.

• My father gave my mother an anniversary gift, a beautiful pair of ruby earrings.

• That poem, the one by Edgar Allan Poe, made me cry.

HINT: Appositive phrases usually begin with an article (a, an the) or a possessive adjective (my, his, her, our, their, your).