Appositives #1
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2 questions
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The following sentences include appositives.
David, an avid baseball fan, wore his favorite team's jersey every Friday.We went to visit Des Moines, the state capital of Iowa.A notoriously bad speller, I got out on the first word of the spelling bee. Truman, Norman's neighbor, is always sitting out on his porch.
What do you notice about punctuation?What type of word do appositives usually start with?What do you notice about the appositive phrase and the noun right next to it?
The following sentences include appositives.
David, an avid baseball fan, wore his favorite team's jersey every Friday.
We went to visit Des Moines, the state capital of Iowa.
A notoriously bad speller, I got out on the first word of the spelling bee.
Truman, Norman's neighbor, is always sitting out on his porch.
What do you notice about punctuation?
What type of word do appositives usually start with?
What do you notice about the appositive phrase and the noun right next to it?
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An appositive phrase...- always includes a noun that gives more detail about the noun it's placed next to - is separated from the rest of the sentence by commas- is removable. You could take out the appositve phrase and still have a complete sentence. - usually begins with an article ("the/an/a") because those words often go before a noun (and an appositive phrase always includes a noun)
Write two sentences with an appositve phrase.
An appositive phrase...
- always includes a noun that gives more detail about the noun it's placed next to
- is separated from the rest of the sentence by commas
- is removable. You could take out the appositve phrase and still have a complete sentence.
- usually begins with an article ("the/an/a") because those words often go before a noun (and an appositive phrase always includes a noun)
Write two sentences with an appositve phrase.