Appositives Participial Phrases and Absolute Phrases

Frightened by the horror movie, Mike and Leroy turned on all the lights in the house.

The underlined section is an example of what type of phrase?

• Appositive

• Prepositional

• Absolute

• Participial

Sally, bored nearly to tears, did her best to make small talk with the stranger.

Which section is an example of a participial phrase?

• ,bored nearly to tears,

• did her best

• to make small talk

• with the stranger.

Legs quivering, our old dog Gizmo dreamed of chasing squirrels.

Which section is an example of an absolute phrase?

• Legs quivering,

• our old dog

• Gizmo

• dreamed of chasing squirrels.

Identify the appositive or appositive phrase in the following sentence:

Identify the appositive or appositive phrase in the following sentence:

Charles Dickens, the author of A Christmas Carol, once worked in a shoe polish factory.

Identify the appositive or appositive phrase in the following sentence:

What is an appositive?

• An appositive shows the relationship between a noun or pronoun and another word in the sentence.

• An appositive is a noun or pronoun that identifies or renames another noun or pronoun.

• An appositive modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

• An appositive is a word used in place of a noun or another pronoun.

Identify the appositive phrase:

Author of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson was extremely well-educated for his time.

• Author of the Declaration of Independence

• the Declaration of Independence

• Thomas Jefferson

• well-educated for his time

Identify the appositive phrase:

A popular US president, John F. Kennedy was known for his eloquent and inspirational speeches.

• A popular US president

• US president

• John F. Kennedy

• eloquent and inspirational speeches

Identify the appositive phrase:

Have you read anything by Laurie Halse Anderson, the woman who wrote Chains and Fever?

• by Laurie Halse Anderson

• the woman

• the woman who wrote Chains and Fever

• anything by Laurie Halse Anderson