Appositive

What is the appositive helping to describe/define in this sentence: My sister, Miyu, is in fourth grade.

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.

What is the appositive helping to describe/define:

What is the appositive in the sentence:

Everyone loves the playful, awesome dog, Carter.

• Everyone

• playful

• awesome

• awesome dog

• Carter

Combine these two statements to make an appositive.

My brother loves pizza.

My brother is Tej.

Write what the sentence would be without the appositive:

Siempre, a fun person, likes Fortnite.

What are appositives?

• noun phrases added to nouns

• noun phrases added to verbs

• verbal phrases added to verbs

• prepositional phrases

What do appositives do?

• gain the audience’s attention

• take away the audience’s attention

• explain and elaborate

• move from negativity to positivity

Which of the following is an appropriate appositive for this sentence? George, ______________________, burned his finger.

• known for his clumsiness

• a clumsy fellow

• forgetting a hot pad

• having touched the stove

When are appositives not appropriate?

• in formal essays

• in rhymed poetry

• in technical manuals

• in speeches