1. GUM #2
Honors English 10
Appositives

2. Gum #2 Exercise A
Copy the sentences.
Write: What do I notice?
Create a list of what you notice about the sentences.
Harry was small and tough, a boy going through life with his chin stuck out a mile. (Stephen King, Hearts in Atlantis)
I walked along Gilman street, the best street in town. (John Knowles, A Separate Peace)
A bald slight man, he reminded me of a baby bird. (Tracy Chevalier, The Girl with the Pearl Earring)

3. Grammar Lesson:
Appositives give more information about the subject of a sentence. If appositives are extra information that can be removed from the sentence, they are set apart with commas.
Examples:
A bright and shining star in the darkness, he reminded her that goodness exists in the world.
This capybara, the world’s largest rodent, rocks bandanas better than you do.

4. Gum #2 Exercise B MODEL SENTENCE:
Imitate ALL 3 sentences from Exercise A. See the example below for guidance. Highlight/underline the appositive.
MODEL SENTENCE:
Harry was small and tough, a boy going through life with his chin stuck out a mile. (Stephen King, Hearts in Atlantis)
My Imitation:
Chauncey was freckled and devilish, a dog who had lived through abandonment, near execution, and, at long last, rescue.

5. Gum #2 Exercise B MODEL SENTENCE:
Imitate the sentences from Exercise A. See the example below for guidance. Highlight/underline the appositive.
MODEL SENTENCE:
I walked along Gilman street, the best street in town. (John Knowles, A Separate Peace)
My Imitation:
Steve wandered around the park, the only safe place in the fallen city.

6. Gum #2 Exercise B
Imitate the sentences from Exercise A. See the example below for guidance. Highlight/underline the appositive.
MODEL SENTENCE:
A bald slight man, he reminded me of a baby bird. (Tracy Chevalier, The Girl with the Pearl Earring)
My Imitation:
An impatient scowling man, he reminded her of an overtired spoiled child.

7. Gum #2 Exercise C The speaker was shocked by the audience.
Copy the sentences below.
Combine the following them using appositive phrases.
Punctuate and underline the appositives that are used.
The speaker was shocked by the audience.
The audience

8. C. Because “common symptoms of depression” is extra information that can be removed from the sentence—an appositive set aside by commas. You don’t need a comma conjunction in this sentence.
She felt exhausted and anxious common symptoms of depression every time she overbooked herself. An experienced physician Dr. Smith recommend having a positive attitude and learning to say no to alleviate stress
No Change
and anxious common symptoms of depression, every
and anxious, common symptoms of depression, every
and, anxious common symptoms of depression, every 2.
Add a comma after physician and before and
Add a comma after physician
Add a comma before and 1. 2.
C. Because “An experienced physician” is an appositive at the start of the sentence giving more information about Dr. Smith. You don’t need a comma before “and” because you aren’t combing two sentences.

9. Quiz
The 7 qualities of chronically unhappy people according to Psychology Today are as follows:
No change
People, according to Psychology Today, are as follows;
People, according to Psychology Today, are as follows:
People, according to Psychology Today are as follows:
2. Always believing life is hard, chronically unhappy people see themselves as victims and prey.
Add a comma before and
Add a comma after and
Remove the comma after hard
3. There’s plenty wrong with the world no one can argue that yet unhappy people only focus on the wrong and not the good.
Add a comma after world
Add a comma after world and before and
Add a comma after world and that
4. Be the happy in the world.
Simile
Metaphor
Personification
Pun
5. Worrying is like a rocking chair—it doesn’t get you anywhere.
This isn’t a figure of speech B C A A D