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