Title: Appositives
1Gayle M.Hinch Communication Arts
Lesson Appositives
2Communication Arts Curriculum
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Communication Arts Curriculum
3Appositives
4An Appositive is an expression that explains or
identifies a noun or pronoun that comes just
before it in a sentence
5Appositives are set off from the rest of the
sentence by commas.
6ExampleArnie won the first prize, a trip to
Hawaii. (The appositive, a trip to Hawaii,
describes the noun, prize.
7Place commas where needed to separate each
appositive from the noun it explains.