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Making (an) Appositive Experience!

Making (an) Appositive Experience!. Let’s make an appositive!. Why use appositives?. Sometimes when we write, we want to add new information without creating a new sentence. For example…. Clementine is funny. She is in third grade. She lives in New York.

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Making (an) Appositive Experience!

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  1. Making (an) Appositive Experience!

  2. Let’s make an appositive!

  3. Why use appositives? Sometimes when we write, we want to add new information without creating a new sentence. For example…

  4. Clementine is funny. She is in third grade. She lives in New York. Clementine, a funny third grader, lives in New York.

  5. Let’s ask ourselves, what is being renamed?? Avon, a rather small snail, travels inch by inch each day.

  6. So what is an appositive?? • noun or pronoun -- often with modifiers -- set beside another noun or pronoun to explain or identify it Dolphins, playful and squeaky sea creatures, like to swim in groups.

  7. Placement of appositives • An appositive phrase usually follows the word it explains or identifies, but it may also precede it.

  8. When do we use punctuation? • Remember non-essential clauses/phrases? • Commas

  9. When there is an essential information contained in the appositive, then you don’t need commas.

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