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Appositive phrases are also called renaming phrases because they provide extra information.

Appositive phrases are also called renaming phrases because they provide extra information. Ex: Madagascar, the fourth largest island in the world , is situated off the coast of Africa.

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Appositive phrases are also called renaming phrases because they provide extra information.

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  1. Appositive phrasesare also called renaming phrases because they provide extra information. Ex: Madagascar, the fourth largest island in the world, is situated off the coast of Africa.

  2. Appositive phrases “tuck in” extra information. See that the sentence still works or functions without the appositive phrase: Madagascar is situated off the coast of southeastern Africa.

  3. Appositive phrasesare built around a noun that acts as an “anchor” for any other modifiers. Madagascar, the fourth largest island in the world, is situated off the coast of Africa.

  4. Here the phrase is shrunk down or reduced to a word, a noun acting as the anchor. (Note the pair of two commas setting off the phrase.) Madagascar, an island, is situated off the coast of Africa.

  5. Appositive Phrases:The “anchor noun” here has the adjective large and adverb very modifying it. Madagascar, a very large island, is situated off the coast of Africa.

  6. Some other modifiers are added here, including the prepositional phrase ‘in the world.’ Madagascar, the fourth largest island in the world, is situated off the coast of Africa.

  7. If you wanted to emphasize or focus on the sizes of the world’s large islands, you might write it like this: Madagascar, an island off Africa’s coast, is the fourth largest island in the world.

  8. The sentence is the result of combining the information from two smaller sentences together. 1. Madagascar is the fourth largest island in the world. 2. Madagascar is situated off the coast of Africa.

  9. Your Version! • Pick a topic, find an image to use, and revise these slides as frames to teach the rules about appositive phrases. • Make a copy of this Powerpoint presentation to get started, and save it to your folder on the server. You can create additional slides, too.

  10. Sources of Images • Map of Madagascar: http://www.authentic-madagascar-tours.com/files/madagascar-africa.jpg • Powerpoint presentation by Mr. Chamberlain, Clarke Middle School.

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