Appositives

Identify the appositive phrase:
Mike and Eleven, good friends, miss each other when Eleven goes away.

• Mike and Eleven

• Eleven goes away

• miss each other

• good friends

Why do we use appositives?

• To further describe a noun

• To restate a noun

• To "level up" our writing skills

• All of the above

Identify the appositive phrase:
John, where are you moving? 
I heard you're moving to the best place in America, the state of Texas.

• the state of Texas

• the best place in America

• John

• There is no appositive phrase

Identify the appositive phrase:
My planner, the big book with the penguins on it, is on the top shelf of my office.

• my planner

• penguins

• top shelf of my office

• the big book with the penguins on it

Appositives are located...

• before the noun it describes.

• after the noun it describes.

• in a different sentence.

What do appositives do for our writing?

• They don't do anything important.

• They aren't necessary, but they give more information and make our writing sound better.

• They provide too much extra information.

• We shouldn't use appositives in our writing.

What kinds of words can appositives identify or explain?

• Nouns

• Adjectives

• Verbs

• Anything

Using what you've learned about appositives, choose the correct sentence.

• Our big fundraiser, is the chili cook-off, will be held next Friday night.

• Our big fundraiser, the chili cook-off, will be held next Friday night.

• Our big fundraiser is the chili cook-off.  It will be held next Friday night.

• Next Friday night, our big fundraiser will be held, is the chili cook-off.

Identify the appositive phrase:
Dustin's teeth, "the pearls", were a big deal in season 2 of Stranger Things.

• Dustin

• were a big deal

• "the pearls"

• Stranger Things

Using what you've learned about appositives, choose the correctly constructed sentence.

• Joyce Will's mother communicated with him, using Christmas lights.

• Using Christmas lights, Joyce communicated with Will, because she is his mother.

• Joyce, is Will's mother, communicated with him using Christmas lights.

• Joyce, Will's mother, communicated with him using Christmas lights.