Appositive phrases• Provides more information about a noun.

• Most often appears directly after the noun it identifies or renames:

Arizona Bill, "The Great Benefactor of Mankind," toured Oklahoma with herbal cures and a powerful liniment.

• Commas are used to separate phrase from rest of sentence!

• May appear in front of a word that it identifies: A dark wedge, the eagle hurtled earthward at nearly 200 miles per

hour.

Make a three column graph labeled with the following:semicolons; colons: hyphens-

1. Used after a prefix that is followed by a proper noun or adjective

2. Combines two independent clauses3. Used to write a fraction as an adjective4. Used on warning labels5. separates words when dropping down to next line on

composition6. Used after the salutation in a business letter7. Used to separate words in a compound noun 8. Separates hour from minutes9. Used before a conjunctive adverb10.Used to introduce list of items11. Used to separate two-word numbers

Relative Pronouns Begins a subordinate clause and connects it to another idea in the

same sentence.

There are five relative pronouns:that which who whom whose

Independent clause Subordinate clause

Here is the earring that Tara lost.

She is a painter who has an unusual talent.

Is this the woman whom you saw earlier?

She is the one whose house has a new alarm.

Conjunctive adverbs

• Used to connect complete ideas (compound sentence) or to transition by showing comparisons, contrasts, or results.

• Use a ; BEFORE the word and a , AFTER• That movie was great; however, I still prefer the

book.

accordingly consequently indeed otherwise

again finally instead then

also furthermore moreover therefore

besides however nevertheless thus