September Grammar: Appositives & Quote Integration Practice

Multiple Choice

What is the appositive phrase in the following:

Leonardo da Vinci, the great Renaissance painter, was also an inventor.

• Leonardo da Vinci, the great Renaissance painter,

• , was also an inventor.

• Leonardo da Vinci,

• , the great Renaissance painter,

Multiple Choice

What is the appositive phrase in the following:

In It's a Wonderful Life, one of the most popular movies ever made, a character named Clarence wants to get his wings.

• , one of the most popular movies ever made,

• , a character named Clarence wants to get his wings.

• In It's a Wonderful Life, one of the most popular movies ever made,

• In It's a Wonderful Life,

Multiple Choice

Find the appositive: My sister, Erica, loves to sleep.

• My sister

• Erica

• Loves to sleep

Multiple Choice

What would the sentence be without the appositive:

My dogs, Snowball and Lady, were found in the Beverly Hills Forest.

• My dogs were found in the Beverly Hills Forest.

• Snowball and Lady were found in the Beverly Hills Forest.

• My dogs are Snowball and Lady and they were found in the Beverly Hills Forest.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is CORRECTLY integrated?

• Reynolds also warns readers that "the world won’t always be kind" and safe spaces don't always exist (Reynolds 1).

• Reynolds also warns readers, "the world won’t always be kind" (Reynolds 1) and safe spaces don't always exist.

Multiple Select

Which quote is integrated correctly?

• Dr. Medicine explains, "Cold temperatures do not cause the common cold." (Medicine)

• Dr. Medicine explained "Cold temperatures do not cause the common cold" (Medicine).

• Dr. Medicine explains, "Cold temperatures do not cause the common cold" (Medicine)

• Dr. Medicine explains, "Cold temperatures do not cause the common cold" (Medicine).

Multiple Choice

Which quote is integrated correctly?

• Brenda Nelson of Barrington, Illinois believes that there is great danger in rewarding student grades with external rewards: “External rewards undermine students‘ natural eagerness to learn" (Jacobsen 39).

• Brenda Nelson of Barrington, Illinois believes that there is great danger in rewarding student grades with external rewards. He says: “External rewards undermine students‘ natural eagerness to learn" (Jacobsen 39).

• Brenda Nelson of Barrington, Illinois believes that there is great danger in rewarding student grades with external rewards. He says: “External rewards undermine students‘ natural eagerness to learn." (Jacobsen 39).

Multiple Choice

Which in-text citation is correct?

• Poe's cause of death is officially documented as "phrenitis, or swelling of the brain." (Geiling).

• Poe's cause of death is officially documented as "phrenitis, or swelling of the brain." (Geiling)

• Poe's cause of death is officially documented as "phrenitis, or swelling of the brain"(Geiling).

• Poe's cause of death is officially documented as "phrenitis, or swelling of the brain" (Geiling).