Appositives and Appositive Phrases

What is the purpose of an appositive?

• to complete a sentence

• to further describe a noun

• to show action

• to start a sentence

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

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What is the appositive in the sentence?

Mrs. Manal, my teacher, is the best teacher.

• Mrs. Manal

• my teacher

• is the best teacher

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

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When can an appositive be used in a sentence?

• In the beggining

• In the middle

• In the end

• All of the above

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

9 MSA, my class, will get a ace this quiz.

• 9 MSA

• my class

• will ace this quiz

What does an appositive phrase do?

• describes the subject using noun phrases

• gives action to the sentence

• offers a dependent clause for the independent clause

• corrects a run on sentence by adding commas

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

What is an appositive phrase?

• a noun that describes or offers more info on the subject

• the object that shows the receiver of the action

• a description

• a dependent clause

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

What's the appositive phrase? Hillde, my sweet little dog, cuddled up in the blankets.

• Hillde

• my sweet little dog

• dog

• blankets

• none of the above

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

What's the appositive phrase?

After the pep-rally, a player celebration, we walked to the game.

• pep-rally

• a player celebration

• we

• game

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

What's the appositive phrase? The bird whistled a song, a beautiful tune, for my guest.

my guest

• the bird

• a song

• a beautiful tune

• my guest

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CCSS.L.9-10.1

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

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