Exploring Appositives in Depth

This video tutorial by Mr. Edinger covers the use of appositives in writing. It explains what appositives are and how they can be used to combine sentences, clarify information, and add interest. The tutorial also discusses the use of commas with appositives, distinguishing between essential and non-essential appositives, and provides practice examples for identifying appositives in sentences.

What is an appositive?

• A sentence fragment

• A word or group of words that explain or define a noun

• A type of verb

• A punctuation mark

How can appositives improve writing?

• By making sentences longer

• By combining short, choppy sentences

• By adding more punctuation

• By removing nouns

Which of the following sentences uses an appositive to combine short sentences?

• My pet bear, a grizzly, loves to come to school with me.

• A grizzly loves to come to school with me.

• My pet bear is a grizzly. He loves to come to school with me.

• My pet bear loves to come to school with me.

What is the purpose of using appositives to clarify information?

• To add unnecessary details

• To make sentences shorter

• To confuse the reader

• To explain or define a noun more clearly

Which sentence uses an appositive to clarify information?

• My favorite dog at the pound was Sadie.

• My favorite dog at the pound was Sadie, the golden retriever.

• Sadie was my favorite dog at the pound.

• The golden retriever was my favorite dog at the pound.

How do appositives add interest to sentences?

• By providing additional information about a noun

• By making sentences longer

• By removing unnecessary words

• By adding more punctuation

Which sentence uses an appositive to add interest?

• Elephants can communicate with one another.

• Elephants, very social animals, can communicate with one another.

• Elephants are large animals.

• Elephants can identify other elephants.

When should commas be used with appositives?

• Always

• Never

• Only with essential appositives

• Only with non-essential appositives

Which sentence contains an essential appositive?

• Emily, my sister, lives in Colorado.

• My sister lives in Colorado.

• My only sister, Emily, lives in Colorado.

• My sister, Emily, lives in Colorado.

Which sentence contains a non-essential appositive?

• Your bag, the one with the purple flowers, was left in Mr. Olsen's classroom.

• My teacher Mr. Edinger is pretty cool.

• The singer Britney Spears has a birthday in December.

• The book Black Beauty is about a horse.