Appositives, Compound Sentences, and The Hunger Games

An appositive phrase renames a...

• noun

• adjective

• adverb

• verb

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

An appositive phrase is a...

• noun phrase

• adjective phrase

• adverb phrase

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which sentence has an appositive phrase in it?

• "Prim is in my first reaping outfit, a skirt and a ruffled blouse" (14).

• "Prim is in my first reaping outfit, and it is a skirt and a ruffled blouse" (14).

• "Prim is in my first reaping outfit.

• A skirt and a ruffled blouse.

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Which sentence uses an appositive?

• My mother has laid out one of her own lovely dresses for me.

• My mother has laid out one of her own lovely dresses for me. It is a soft blue thing with matching shoes.

• "My mother has laid out one of her own lovely dresses for me, and it is a soft blue thing with matching shoes" (15).

• "My mother has laid out one of her own lovely dresses for me, a soft blue thing with matching shoes" (15).

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which sentence has an appositive phrase in it?

• "The country that rose up out of the ashes of a place that was once called North America" (16).

• "He tells of the history of Panem, the country that rose up out of the ashes of a place that was once called North America" (16).

• He tells of the history of Panem.

• "He tells of the history of Panem, and that country rose up out of the ashes of a place that was once called North America" (16).

Tags

CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Which sentence has an appositive phrase?

• "Then came the Dark Days, the uprising of the districts against the Capitol" (18).

• "Then came the Dark Days, and the uprising of the districts against the Capitol" (18).

• "Then came the Dark Days."

• The uprising and the Dark Days happened.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Which sentence uses an appositive phrase?

• "Panem was a shining Capitol ringed by thirteen colonies" (18).

• "A shining Capitol ringed by thirteen colonies" (18).

• "The result was Panem, a shining Capitol ringed by thirteen colonies" (18).

• It was an awesome Capitol named Panem.

Which sentence has an appositive in it?

• "The Capitol requires us to treat the Hunger Games as a festivity, a sporting event pitting every district against the others" (19).

• "The Capitol requires us to treat the Hunger Games as a festivity or also known as a sporting event putting every district against the others" (19).

• "The Capitol requires us to treat the Hunger Games as a festivity. It is a sporting event pitting every district against the others" (19).

• "The Capitol requires us to treat the Hunger Games as a festivity; it is a sporting event pitting every district against the others" (19).

Tags

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Pick the compound sentence that is correctly punctuated.

• Katniss Everdeen is selfless, she is also courageous.

• Katniss Everdeen is selfless; she puts her sister's needs before her own.

• Katniss Everdeen is selfless; and she puts her sister's needs before her own.

• Katniss Everdeen is selfless and, she puts her sister's needs before her own.

Tags

CCSS.RF.3.3B

CCSS.RF.3.3C

CCSS.RF.3.3D

CCSS.RF.4.3A

CCSS.RF.5.3A

Pick the compound sentence that is correctly punctuated.

• Prim is small, and compassionate.

• Prim is small, and she is compassionate.

• Prim works together with Katniss in the novel The Hunger Games.

• Prim is small yet she is compassionate.

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1I

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.1E

CCSS.L.7.1B

CCSS.L.9-10.2A