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Appositives

  •  English    16     Public
    Students will identify appositives and appositive rules based on The Writing Revolution.
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  • Does the following sentence contain an appositive? Appositives, the re-naming of a noun, do not want to touch the rest of the sentence.
    Yes
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  • Does the following sentence contain an appositive? A dependent clause will begin with a subordinate conjunction, like whenever, if, since, or even though.
    No
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  • Does the following sentence contain an appositive? Appositives can appear anywhere in a sentence, including the end.
    No
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  • Does the following sentence contain an appositive? This is an example of a statement, a sentence that explains or describes.
    Yes
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  • Does the following sentence contain an appositive? An appositive should be separated from the rest of the sentence with a comma, that is a type of punctuation mark used to separate ideas.
    No
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  • Does the following sentence contain an appositive? We are going to prepare for the test, the ACT Aspire.
    Yes
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  • Does the following sentence contain an appositive? I walked down Bruce street, and enjoyed the fresh air.
    No
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  • True or False: When you are writing an appositive, it must come at the end of the sentence.
    False
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  • True or False: When you are writing an appositive, you should begin with a noun marker like "a," "an," or "the."
    True
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  • True or False: When you are writing appositives, it must not interrupt the sentence.
    False
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  • Say an appositive out loud that will fit the blank in this sentence: George Washington, _____________________, established a two-term presidency.
    [multiple answers]
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  • Say an appositive out loud that will fit the blank in this sentence: The car, __________________, sped through the red light.
    [multiple answers]
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  • Say an appositive out loud that will fit the blank in this sentence: The flyer, _________________, was of no interest to me.
    [multiple answers]
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  • Say an appositive out loud that will fit the blank in this sentence: I was woken up by a noise, ________________.
    [multiple answers]
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  • Say an appositive out loud that will fit the blank in this sentence: I ordered shoes, _________________, online.
    [multiple answers]
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  • Say an appositive out loud that will fit the blank in this sentence: I reached through the fence to pet the dog, _____________________.
    [multiple answers]
  •  20