FOA In a paragraph discuss what you think civil rights means to you

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In a paragraph discuss what you think civil rights means to you.

Appositives and Appositives and Appositive Appositive PhrasesPhrasesEssential Question:Essential Question:

How do you identify and use appositives How do you identify and use appositives and appositive phrases?and appositive phrases?

DefinitionDefinition

An An appositiveappositive is: is:

A A nounnoun or or pronounpronoun placed after another placed after another noun or pronoun to: noun or pronoun to:

identifyidentify, ,

renamerename, or , or

explainexplain the preceding word. the preceding word.

Examples of appositivesExamples of appositives

The painter Pablo Picasso lived in Spain.The painter Pablo Picasso lived in Spain.

I want to visit Spain’s famous museum, The I want to visit Spain’s famous museum, The Prado.Prado.

The painting The painting GuernicaGuernica impressed my father impressed my father

Appositive PhraseAppositive Phrase

An An appositive appositive phrasephrase is: is:

A noun or pronoun with modifiers A noun or pronoun with modifiers (describing words). (describing words).

It stands It stands nextnext to a noun or pronoun and to a noun or pronoun and adds adds informationinformation or or details.details.

Examples of appositive Examples of appositive phrasesphrases

Willa Cather, an American novelist, wrote Willa Cather, an American novelist, wrote My Antonia.My Antonia.

Lisbon, a thriving port in Portugal, has often Lisbon, a thriving port in Portugal, has often been the scene of espionage.been the scene of espionage.

The shopping center—a network of cars, The shopping center—a network of cars, shops, and people--provides many jobs.shops, and people--provides many jobs.

Appositives and appositive Appositives and appositive phrases CAN be phrases CAN be compoundcompound

The two settings, The two settings, a city in England and a a city in England and a city in Russiacity in Russia, are contrasted in the book., are contrasted in the book.

An appositive isAn appositive is NOT a NOT a prepositional prepositional phrasephrase

The boy The boy with the broken armwith the broken arm is my is my brother.brother.

The boy, The boy, the one with the broken the one with the broken armarm, is my brother., is my brother.

Commas and appositivesCommas and appositives

When this word or group of words When this word or group of words interruptsinterrupts a sentence, it needs a sentence, it needs commascommas on on bothboth sides. sides.

Riley, my dog, is gregariousRiley, my dog, is gregarious

EXCEPTION: If it is one EXCEPTION: If it is one wordword, , namename, or , or titletitle, NO COMMA IS NEEDED!, NO COMMA IS NEEDED!

My dog Riley is gregarious.My dog Riley is gregarious.

Commas and appositivesCommas and appositives

Commas are put Commas are put aroundaround the appositive phrase the appositive phrase because it is NOT because it is NOT necessarynecessary to the to the meaningmeaning of of the sentence. the sentence.

This means if you take the appositive phrase This means if you take the appositive phrase outout of the sentence, it still makes of the sentence, it still makes sensesense..

EXAMPLEEXAMPLE

Riley, Riley, my gregarious dogmy gregarious dog, will jump up on his hind , will jump up on his hind legs when he meets people.legs when he meets people.

Examples from Tuck Examples from Tuck EverlastingEverlasting

““Winnie, Winnie, the only child of the housethe only child of the house, never , never went there…”went there…”

It was Mae Tuck with her otherIt was Mae Tuck with her other

son, son, Jesse’s older brotherJesse’s older brother..

Examples from Examples from Tuck Tuck EverlastingEverlasting

Then she stood and took from the Then she stood and took from the washstand beside the bed, a little washstand beside the bed, a little square-shaped object, square-shaped object, a music box a music box painted with roses and lilies of the painted with roses and lilies of the valley.valley.


On the left stood the first house, On the left stood the first house, a square a square and solid cottage with a touch-me-not and solid cottage with a touch-me-not appearance,appearance, surrounded by grass cut surrounded by grass cut painfully to the quick and enclosed by a painfully to the quick and enclosed by a capable iron fence…capable iron fence…


The last stains of sunset had melted away, The last stains of sunset had melted away, and the twilight died, too, as he stood there, and the twilight died, too, as he stood there, though its remnants clung reluctantly to though its remnants clung reluctantly to everything that was pale in color— everything that was pale in color— pebbles, pebbles, the dusty road, the figure of the man the dusty road, the figure of the man himselfhimself— turning them blue and blurry.— turning them blue and blurry.


But in another part of her head, But in another part of her head, the the dark part where her oldest fears dark part where her oldest fears were housedwere housed, she knew there was , she knew there was another sort of reason for staying another sort of reason for staying at home: she was afraid to go at home: she was afraid to go away alone..away alone..


And at once, when she saw the And at once, when she saw the two of them, two of them, Jesse with his foot on Jesse with his foot on the pile of pebbles and Winnie on the pile of pebbles and Winnie on her knees beside himher knees beside him, she seemed , she seemed to understand.to understand.

Part I: Identify and underline the appositive found in each sentence. 1. The monkey, a nimble animal, is often found in the jungle.

2. Dave Lewis, a teacher at Lawson, works with many aspiring musicians.

3. Before you trash BoBo, your last childhood stuffed animal, consider saving it.

4. The coast of Africa, one of the world's largest continents, is a prosperous trading region.

5. Mr. Sonntag hired two new teachers, Mr. Davies and Ms. Parker.

6. The fastest animal, the peregrine falcon, can travel more than 100 miles per hour at certain times.

7. Our family visited The Smithsonian Institution, a vast network of galleries in Washington, D.C.

8. Our neighbor and his daughters, Parvi and Sonya, take walks every evening.

9. The giant plane, a Boeing 747, launched into the air.

10. The flashlight should be returned to Mark, the owner.

http://teacherweb.com/ON/SacredHeartHighSchool/Wilkin/appositives.pdf

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Compare and contrast a Compare and contrast a prepositional phrase prepositional phrase and an appositive and an appositive phrase? phrase?

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FOA In a paragraph discuss what you think civil rights means to you