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appositive

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appositive An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it.

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appositive An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it.

Examples The insect, a cockroach, ran across the carpet.

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appositive An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it.

Examples The insect, a cockroach, ran across the carpet.

The insect, a cockroach I named Derrick after an ex-boyfriend, scuttled across the shaggy carpet.

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appositive An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it.

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appositive An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it.

Example During a nice dinner with my husband on the porch, Onyx, our hungry dog, kept his eyes peeled for falling food.

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appositive An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it.

Example During a nice dinner with my husband on the porch, Onyx, our hungry dog, kept his eyes peeled for falling food.

During a nice dinner with my husband on the porch, Onyx, our ever-ravenous dog, kept his eyes peeled for falling pieces of rosemary potatoes, or crispy, chickenless, chicken patties.

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appositive An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it.

Write a sentence using an appositive structure to describe someone in the room.

Write the exposition of a new story-It is in a middle of a crisis, this class is shuttled to Burbank airport to take an emergency plane out of the area. Our plane crashes, but we survive.

Skip lines 2 pages to 4 pages Use at least two appositives Title your work Be prepared to share