Appositives

Appositives A descriptive clause which is ADJACENT to the noun it describes Three places they can appear: Sentence Opener, Subject-Verb Split, Sentence Closer

Appositive Examples Sentence Openers: –Cold-hearted and desperate, Candace walked through the door. Subject-Verb Split: –Candace, cold-hearted and desperate, walked through the door. Sentence Closers: –Through the door walked Candace, cold-hearted and desperate.

Sentence Scrambles: ID the appositives and write out the sentences 1) a. struggled as usual b. she c. to maintain her calm, composed, friendly bearing d. a sort of mask she wore all over her body (from D. H. Lawrence’s “The Blind Man”) 2) a. an old, bowlegged fellow in a pale-blue sweater b. the judge c. and was reading over some notes he had taken d. had stopped examining the animals e. on the back of a dirty envelope (from Jessamyn West “The Lesson”)

Sentence Scrambles cont. 3) a. the tyrannosaur b. with huge flaring nostrils c. a long snuffling inhalation that fluttered Baselton’s trouser legs d. gave Baselton a smell (from Michael Crichton’s The Lost World) 4) a. and the jingle of trace chains b. was louder c. drag of brakes d. the sound of the approaching grain teams e. thud of big hooves on hard ground (from John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men)

Imitation—Unscramble the sentence to make it match the model’s structure MODEL: Beside the fireplace old Doctor Winter sat, bearded and simple and benign, historian and physician to the town. (from John Steinbeck’s The Moon is Down) 1. a. president and valedictorian of the senior class b. by the podium c. intelligent and composed and smiling d. scholarly Henrietta stood

Imitation—Unscramble the sentence to make it match the model’s structure MODEL: Beside the fireplace old Doctor Winter sat, bearded and simple and benign, historian and physician to the town. (from John Steinbeck’s The Moon is Down) 2. a. beaming and affectionate and happy b. bride and groom in their finery c. they danced d. under the canopy

Combining and Imitating—Take and rewrite the content to imitate the model given MODEL: Mr. Cattanzara, a stocky, bald-headed man who worked in a change booth on an IRT station, lived on the next block after George’s, above a shoe repair store. 1. a. This is about Jan Carter b. She is an unabashed, suntanned flirt c. She had smiled at him in the cafeteria line. d. She, who had transferred to the department near Tom’s e. She transferred for a “chance” meeting.

Combining and Imitating—Take and rewrite the content to imitate the model given MODEL: Sady Ellison, the daughter of Long Butt Ellison, worked as a waitress for Turkey Plott in a defiant and condescending fashion. 2. a. This is about Gone with the Wind. b. That is the movie with the most reissues. c. It originated as a novel. d. The novel was of the old South. e. The novel was by someone who was unglamorous. f. The someone was also unknown. g. The someone was an authoress.

Expanding—at the slash mark add an appositive phrase. 1. My bed was an army cot, /. 2. He, /, had fled because of superior perceptions and knowledge. 3. I had hardly any patience with the serious work of life which not that it stood between me and desire, seemed to me child’s play, /. 4. There was Major Hunter, /, /. (2 appositives)

Expanding—at the slash mark add an appositive phrase. 1. The doorway stood, /. 2. Kenneth, /, ran from the scene only to find himself caught up once more. 3. I couldn’t move forward with this situation, /. 4. She stood, Winifred Victoria Madison, /, /. (2 appositives)

Put the Appositive to work. Write 1 sentence which includes the following: 2 appositive phrases that identify 2 objects, persons, or places within the same sentence Each appositive phrase needs to be over 10 words long. Example: Elvis Presley, the famous king of 50s rock and roll who achieved fame overnight, made his first national appearance on the “Ed Sullivan Show”, a live television music and variety program during which the camera man was given special directions for shooting the Presley performance.

Put the Appositive to work. Write 2 sentences which include the following: 2 appositive phrases that identify 2 objects, persons, or places within the same sentence Each appositive phrase needs to be over 10 words long. Example: Britney Spears, the current celebrity starlet who has displayed her train wreck of a life most publicly, recently appeared on MTV’s Video Music Award Show, an annual event to award and honor the best music videos of the year.

Put the Appositive to work. Write 3 sentences which include the following: 2 appositive phrases that identify 2 objects, persons, or places within the same sentence Each appositive phrase needs to be over 10 words long. Example: The house, a delightful and lovely cottage nestled in the green, grassy foothills, was where she retired, a time she committed to reading good books and hiking on the nearby trails.