Appositive Words and Phrases (Part 2)

What do you notice about those sentences? What do they all have in common?

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CCSS.L.3.1E

CCSS.L.4.1B

CCSS.L.5.1.B-D

CCSS.L.5.1C

CCSS.L.5.1D

What is the purpose of the phrases in red? What are they doing in the sentence?

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CCSS.L.4.1E

CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

true or false?

The appositive describes or adds detail about something in front of it.

• True

• false

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CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

In the sentence below what is the appositive?

Jamie had two servings of bangers and mash, an English dish of sausages and mashed potatoes.

• Jamie

• bangers and mash

• an English dish of sausages and mashed potatoes

In that same sentence, what is the thing that the appositive is clarifying?

 

Jamie had two servings of bangers and mash, an English dish of sausages and mashed potatoes.

• bangers and mash

• Jamie

• an English dish of sausages and mashed potatoes

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CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

How would you correct the sentence below?

Pearl loves to annoy Snap her brother.

• Add a comma after Pearl

• Add a comma after annoy

• Add a comma after Snap

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CCSS.L.4.2B

CCSS.L.4.2C

CCSS.L.5.2B

Your turn!

Fill in the blank with an appositive to rename/clarify the italicized portion of the sentence below.

There's nothing I love more in the world than my favorite food, ___________.

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CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B

Your turn! Combine the two sentences below into ONE sentence with an appositive phrase!

 

I am a student at Nichols Junior High.

It's the best school in Arlington.

Remember: your closer (the appositive) should NOT be a complete sentence!

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CCSS.L.7.1A

CCSS.L.9-10.1B