They can occur as sentence openers subjectverb splits or sentences closers Sentence Openers 1 One of eleven brothers and sisters Harriet was a moody willful child Langston Hughes Road to Freedom ID: 286611
Download Presentation The PPT/PDF document "Appositives are noun phrases that identi..." is the property of its rightful owner. Permission is granted to download and print the materials on this web site for personal, non-commercial use only, and to display it on your personal computer provided you do not modify the materials and that you retain all copyright notices contained in the materials. By downloading content from our website, you accept the terms of this agreement.
Slide1
Appositives are noun phrases that identify adjacent nouns or pronouns.
They can occur as sentence openers, subject-verb splits, or sentences closers.Slide2
Sentence Openers
1.
One of eleven brothers and sisters
, Harriet was a moody, willful child.
Langston Hughes, “Road to Freedom”Slide3
2.
A balding, smooth-faced man
, he could have been anywhere between forty and sixty.
Harper lee,
To Kill A MockingbirdSlide4
Subject-Verb Splits
1. Poppa,
a good quiet man
, spent the last hours before our parting moving aimlessly about the yard, keeping to himself and avoiding me.
Gordon Parks, “My Mother’s Dream for Me”Slide5
2. A man,
a weary old pensioner with a bald dirty head and a stained brown corduroy waistcoat
, appeared at the door of a small gate lodge.
Brian Moore,
The Lonely Passion of Judith HearneSlide6
Sentence Closers
1. The boy looked at them,
big black ugly insects
.
Doris Lessing,
African StoriesSlide7
2. Hour after hour he stood there, silent, motionless,
a shadow carved in ebony and moonlight
.
James V. Marshall,
WalkaboutSlide8
Each scrambled sentence has one or more appositives. Identify them. Then unscramble the sentence parts and write out the sentence, punctuating it correctly. Compare your sentences with the originals.Slide9
a. the tyrannosaur
b. with huge flaring nostrils
c. a long snuffling inhalation that fluttered Baselton’s trouser legs
d. gave Baselton a smell
Michael Crichton,
The Lost WorldSlide10
Original
With huge flaring nostrils, the tyrannosaur gave Baselton a smell,
a long snuffling inhalation that fluttered Baselton’s trouser legs.Slide11
a. went over to Tom Will’s saloon
b. in the late afternoon
c. Will Henderson
d. and editor of the
Eagle
e. owner
Sherwood Anderson,
Winesburg, OhioSlide12
Original
In the late afternoon Will Henderson,
owner and editor of the
Eagle
, went over to Tom Will’s saloon.Slide13
a. and the jingle of trace chains
b. was louder
c. drag of brakes
d. the sound of the approaching grain teams
e. thud of big hooves on hard ground
John Steinbeck,
Of Mice and MenSlide14
Original
The sound of the approaching grain teams was louder,
thud of big hooves on hard ground, drag of brakes
, and
the jingle of trace chains
.