1. Appositives AND Appositive Phrases

2. An appositive is a word placed after a noun or pronoun to explain or identify it. ___________________________________________  EX: Her teacher, Mrs. Chris, is from Tyler, Texas.  EX: The Paul family traveled to New York, the Big Apple.

3.  An appositive phrase consists of the appositive and its modifiers, which may be phrases as well.  Modifiers are words that give more information about other words. ____________________________________________  EX: Barack Obama, our forty-fourth president, is originally from Hawaii.  EX: The boys climbed the mountain, one of the highest in the West.

4.  The appositive ALWAYS appears after the noun (or pronoun) it modifies, explains, or identifies.  An appositive will ALWAYS be a noun or pronoun itself, and the word it modifies, explains, or identifies will also be a noun or pronoun.  An appositive phrase will be a phrase that includes a noun or pronoun.

5.  Commas are used to separate the appositive/appositive phrase from the noun or pronoun it modifies.  Commas appear before and after the appositive/appositive phrase if it appears in the middle of the sentence.  The comma appears before the appositive/appositive phrase if it appears at the end of the sentence.

6.  Alayna, the girl with green eyes, is originally from Paris.  I remember Mrs. Springfield, my seventh grade English teacher.  Mr. Lewis, our principal, is a math genius.  I attended Jarvis Christian College, a college in East Texas.

7.  Alayna, the girl with green eyes, is originally from Paris.  I remember Mrs. Springfield, my seventh grade English teacher.  Mr. Lewis, our principal, is a math genius.  I attended Jarvis Christian College, a college in East Texas.