Exploring Appositives and Appositive Phrases

What is the primary function of an appositive?

• To describe a verb

• To rename or clarify a noun

• To replace an adjective

• To modify a preposition

In the sentence 'Our cousin Josh is an excellent writer,' what is the appositive?

• Writer

• Cousin

• Our

• Josh

How is an appositive typically diagrammed?

• Underlined

• In parentheses

• In italics

• In brackets

In the sentence 'We girls won the game,' what is the appositive?

• Won

• Girls

• We

• Game

Which part of speech can also be renamed by an appositive?

• Pronoun

• Verb

• Adverb

• Adjective

In the sentence 'The student Ethan aced the test,' what is the appositive?

• Student

• Ethan

• Test

• Aced

What does an appositive phrase contain?

• The subject and verb

• Only the modifiers

• The appositive and its modifiers

• Only the appositive

In the sentence 'Pepper, my little rat, chewed her cage,' what is the appositive phrase?

• Her cage

• Chewed

• My little rat

• Pepper

In the sentence 'He introduced Kayla, a new student,' what is the appositive?

• He

• Introduced

• Kayla

• A new student

Where should the modifiers of an appositive phrase be placed in a diagram?

• Next to the appositive

• Above the appositive

• Before the appositive

• Underneath the appositive