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Appositives: A Grammar Guide

The document defines and provides examples of appositives - a noun or pronoun that identifies or provides extra information about another noun. It explains that appositives can begin, interrupt, or end a sentence. It then provides exercises for readers to identify appositives in sample sentences and write their own appositives about themselves, a classmate, and the class.

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Appositives: A Grammar Guide

The document defines and provides examples of appositives - a noun or pronoun that identifies or provides extra information about another noun. It explains that appositives can begin, interrupt, or end a sentence. It then provides exercises for readers to identify appositives in sample sentences and write their own appositives about themselves, a classmate, and the class.

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Appositives

An appositive is a noun or pronoun -- often with modifiers -- set beside another noun or
pronoun to explain or identify it. Likewise, an appositive phrase is a type of phrase that
follows the noun or pronoun it modifies, providing extra information about the noun or
pronoun. Here are some examples:

1. Your friend Bill is in trouble.

2. My brother’s car, a sporty red convertible with bucket seats, is the envy of my
friends.

3. The chief surgeon, an expert in organ-transplant procedures, took her nephew


on a hospital tour.

When the appositive begins the sentence, it looks like this:


Ex. A hot-tempered tennis player, Robbie charged the umpire and
tried to crack the poor man's skull with a racket.

When the appositive interrupts the sentence, it looks like this:


Ex. Robbie, a hot-tempered tennis player, charged the umpire and
tried to crack the poor man's skull with a racket.

And when the appositive ends the sentence, it looks like this:
Ex. Upset by the bad call, the crowd cheered Robbie, a hot-tempered tennis
player who charged the umpire and tried to crack the poor man's skull with
a racket.

Exercise
Underline the appositives in the following sentences.

1. My son, the policeman, will be visiting us next week.


2. The captain ordered the ship's carpenters to assemble the shallop, a large rowboat.
3. Walter, the reclusive writer, is very attached to his mother, Mrs. Hammon.
4. The actor Paul Newman directed only one picture.
5. Elizabeth Teague, a sweet and lovable girl, grew up to be a mentally troubled
woman.

Underline and punctuate the appositives in the following sentences. Remember: not all
require punctuation.

6. Sweetbriar a company known throughout the South is considering a nationwide


advertising campaign.
7. An above-average student and talented musician John made his family proud.
8. The extremely popular American film Titanic was widely criticized for its
mediocre script.

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9. Citizen Kane the greatest American film ever made won only one Academy
Award.
10.60 Minutes the TV news magazine program featured a story on
the popular singer Whitney Houston.

Now:
1. Write an appositive about yourself.

2. Write an appositive about someone in this class (be nice).

3. Write an appositive about English class.

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