Honors 9th Lit Sentence Composing for High School Appositive Phrases ~ adapted from Don Killgallon

Appositive Phrases Appositives are noun phrases that identify adjacent nouns or pronouns. Noun phrases are phrases (phrases have either a subject or predicate, but not both) formed by a noun and all its modifiers and determiners; broadly: any syntactic element with a noun's function (as the subject of a verb or the object of a verb or preposition).

I’ll Have an Appositive with that… Unscrambling Sentences: Each scrambled sentence has one or more appositives. Identify them. Then unscramble the sentence parts and write out the sentence, punctuating it correctly. struggled as usual she to maintain her calm, composed, friendly bearing a sort of mask she wore all over her body the tyrannosaur with a huge flaring nose A long snuffling inhalation that fluttered Badelton’s trouser legs gave Baselton a smell

Unscrambling Continued… went over to Tom Willy’s saloon in the late afternoon Will Henderson and the editor of the Eagle Owner and the jingle of trace chains was louder drag of brakes the sound of the approaching grain teams thud of big hooves on hard ground

Imitate and learn from the greats Model: Beside the fireplace old Doctor Winter sat, bearded and simple and benign, historian and physician to the town. President and valedictorian of the senior class By the podium Intelligent and composed and smiling Scholarly Henriatta stood Beaming and affectionate and happy Bride and groom in their finery They danced Under the canopy

Imitate and learn from the greats Models: A tall, rawhide man in an unbuttoned, sagging vest, he was visibly embarrassed by any furnishings that suggested refinement. His car, a perfectly maintained 1960 Thunderbird that was his pride and joy, stood in the driveway. Sara watched him as he walked, a small figure for his ten years, wearing faded blue jeans and a striped knit shirt that was stretched out of shape.