Use commas, dashes, parentheses, or a colon to set off an appositive.

1. The dinner was delicious, and it was a gourmet feast. [front] 2 Use commas, dashes, parentheses, or a colon to set off an appositive. 1. The dinner was delicious, and it was a gourmet feast. [front] 2. Yellowstone is a great place to camp, and it is a national park. [front] 3. The doctor thought it was a lymphoma, and it is a fatty tumor. 4. Sol was there at 7:00 A.M. sharp, and he is my idea of a hero. [front]

1. A gourmet feast, the dinner was delicious. 3 1. A gourmet feast, the dinner was delicious. The dinner, a gourmet feast, was delicious. Wrong: The dinner was delicious a gourmet feast.

2. A national park, Yellowstone is a great place to camp. 4 2. A national park, Yellowstone is a great place to camp. Yellowstone, a national park, is a great place to camp. Wrong: Yellowstone is a great place to camp a national park.

Use commas, dashes, parentheses, or a colon to set off an appositive. 3. The doctor thought it was a lymphoma—a fatty tumor. 4. Sol, my idea of a hero, was there at 7:00 A.M. sharp. My ideas of a hero, Sol was there at 7:00 A.M. sharp. Wrong: Sol was there at 7:00 A.M. sharp my ideas of a hero.

6 What Brother calls lying, or imaginative storytelling, is another clue to Doodle’s intelligence.