Bell Work! *In your writer’s notebooks: Think about your daily use of language. (1)Do you speak differently to teachers than to your friends? Why or why not? (2)Would you speak differently to children than you do to your friends? Why or why not? Explain this in your “normal” language (the way you speak to your friends) by giving examples. As always, be appropriate.

Appositives

A noun or pronoun placed after another noun or pronoun to: identify, Definition An appositive is: A noun or pronoun placed after another noun or pronoun to: identify, rename, or explain or the preceding word

The teacher, Ms. Babs, taught the lesson. Appositve examples The teacher, Ms. Babs, taught the lesson. The movie, The Titanic, always makes me cry. The book, Animal Farm, is an allegorical novel about the Russian Revolution.

Appositive Phrase Examples Ms. Babs, the young, female, teacher, is my English teacher. I saw Jack, the boy with the brown hair who always wears a red sweater, at the grocery store yesterday. My dog, who is extremely small and fluffy, got a hair cut yesterday. *At the last moment Mollie, the foolish, pretty white mare who drew Mr. Jones’s trap, came mincing daintily in, chewing at a lump of sugar.

An appositive phrase is: A noun or pronoun with modifiers (describing words) It stands next to a noun or pronoun and adds information or details