Write three sentences about this picture.

YES or NO?
Were you able to explain who the
character is in your short story?
Were you able to give extra information
about the character in your short
story?
Did you try to rename the character?
SOPHISTICATED Writer!
 Appositive

A noun or noun phrase placed after another

noun or pronoun to:
identify,
rename, or
explain the preceding word.
 A cat walked by.

But what is the purpose of appositive?

APPOSITIVES give MUCH more
information.
A cat, a snappy dresser in heels,
walked by.
 Heres an example of an appositive:
The teacher, Mrs. Baucum, was the most interesting
person I have ever met.

See!
Mrs. Baucum is a noun
It is modifying teacher (noun)
It is placed beside the noun it modifies.
And its giving us extra information!
 Practice: Where are the appositives?
1. Charles Dickens is known for his novel Great
Expectations.
2. The scientist Marie Curie was born in 1867.
3. Her husband, Pierre Curie, was also a scientist.
4. The novelist Jack London wrote Call of the Wild.
5. Nathan Studied the explorer Vasco da Gama.
6. Karens brother, Darren, plays the flute.
7. The character Tom appears in Chapter One.
8. His cousin Ellen has a magnificent stamp collection.
9. The famous baseball player Hank Aaron hit 755 home runs.
 F.Y.I.
**If the appositive is set off by commas, that means we
dont really need it in the sentence to complete the
meaning and can be taken out.
Example: My mom, Regina, volunteers at the city
library.

**If the appositive does not have any commas around

it, we NEED it in the sentence to complete the
meaning.
Example: The book Sounder is Johns favorite novel.
 Appositive Phrases
This is an appositive + its modifiers
They work just like appositives do (give extra
information, modify nouns or pronouns, etc.)
Example: Leonardo da Vinci, an Italian painter
known for his artworks, was also an architect,
engineer, and scientist.
(The whole phrase is giving us information, can be
taken out, and contains the appositive painter)
 Collaborative Activity
In groups, find 5 sentences from your
literature book containing appositive
phrases. Include the title of the literary
work/ story. Present it in front of the
class.
 3 Ways to ADD appositive in a
sentence:
1. Begin the sentence:
A hot tempered ball player, Dennis ran towards the
ref.
2. Interrupt the sentence:
Dennis, a hot tempered ball player, ran towards the
ref.
3. End the sentence:
The team restrained Dennis, a hot tempered ball
player who ran towards the ref.
QUESTIONS???