3. Terms comments appositive An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it.
4. Terms comments appositive An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it. Examples The insect, a cockroach, ran across the carpet.
5. Terms comments appositive An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it. Examples The insect, a cockroach, ran across the carpet. The insect, a cockroach I named Derrick after an ex-boyfriend, scuttled across the shaggy carpet.
6. Terms comments appositive An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it. Example
7. Terms comments appositive An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it. Example During a nice dinner with my husband on the porch, Onyx, our hungry dog, kept his eyes peeled for falling food.
8. Terms comments appositive An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it. Example During a nice dinner with my husband on the porch, Onyx, our hungry dog, kept his eyes peeled for falling food. During a nice dinner with my husband on the porch, Onyx, our ever-ravenous dog, kept his eyes peeled for falling pieces of rosemary potatoes, or crispy, chickenless, chicken patties.
9. Write a sentence using an appositive structure to describe someone in the room. Terms comments appositive An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it.
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Editor's Notes
Give students two minutes. Have them either share with a partner, or share with the group. Have students share with the group, and see if collectively you can add more detail to lengthen the sentences. Type the sentences on the Starboard as people share them. Discuss the punctuation, etc.
