PAP Appositives Flashcard

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What have we been studying all week? Options: Positive and negative comments, FANBOYS, Appositives, Poetry

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Appositives

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Identify the appositive phrase:
Mike and Eleven, good friends, miss each other when Eleven goes away.
Options: Mike and Eleven, Eleven goes away, miss each other, good friends

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good friends

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Identify the SUBJECT of the following sentence:
Mrs. Stroope, my favorite teacher, is an Aggie.
Options: Mrs. Stroope, Aggie, my favorite teacher, There is no noun

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Mrs. Stroope

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Why do we use appositives?

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To further describe a noun, to restate a noun, to "level up" our writing skills.

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Identify the appositive phrase in the sentence: "I heard you're moving to the best place in America, the state of Texas."

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the state of Texas

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Identify the appositive phrase in the sentence: My planner, the big book with the penguins on it, is on the top shelf of my office.

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the big book with the penguins on it

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Using what you've learned about appositives, choose the correct sentence: Our big fundraiser, is the chili cook-off, will be held next Friday night., Our big fundraiser, the chili cook-off, will be held next Friday night., Our big fundraiser is the chili cook-off.  It will be held next Friday night., Next Friday night, our big fundraiser will be held, is the chili cook-off.

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Our big fundraiser, the chili cook-off, will be held next Friday night.

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Identify the appositive phrase in the sentence: Dustin's teeth, "the pearls", were a big deal in season 2 of Stranger Things.

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"the pearls"

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True or False:
An appositive phrase NEVER begins with "is" or "was" or any other verb.

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True

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Choose the correctly constructed sentence using appositives: Joyce Will's mother communicated with him, using Christmas lights.; Using Christmas lights, Joyce communicated with Will, because she is his mother.; Joyce, is Will's mother, communicated with him using Christmas lights.; Joyce, Will's mother, communicated with him using Christmas lights.

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Joyce, Will's mother, communicated with him using Christmas lights.