Appositive and Appositive Phrase

If the appositive is important or essential to the meaning of your sentence, do not use commas to off set the appositive.

• True

• False

True or false?

Appositives can draw attention to the qualities of a person, place, or thing that are important or relevant to your writing purpose.

• True

• False

What is the appositive phrase in the following: Clarence, an angel, must accomplish this goal by helping the character George Bailey realize what a wonderful life he has had.

• Clarence, an angel,

• George Bailey

• , must accomplish this goal by helping the character George Bailey realize what a wonderful life he has had.

• what a wonderful life he has had.

Is this an essential appositive or a nonessential appositive? The Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci drew a flying machine with flapping wings around 1500.

• Essential (or restrictive) appositive

• Nonessential (or nonrestrictive) appositive

Is this an essential appositive or a nonessential appositive?

• Essential (or restrictive) appositive

• Nonessential (or nonrestrictive) appositive

Is this an essential appositive or a nonessential appositive? Clarence, an angel, must accomplish this goal by helping the character George Bailey realize what a wonderful life he has had.

• Essential (or restrictive) appositive

• Nonessential (or nonrestrictive) appositive

True or false?

Eliminating the nonessential appositive changes the basic meaning of the sentence.

• True

• False

True or false?

Nonessential appositives are set off with commas.

• True

• False

An appositive is

• an adjective or adverb

• an adjective

• a noun or pronoun

Choose the sentence that includes an appositive or appositive phrase.

• Miss Crabtree's appearance was dark and foreboding when she arrived at our door.

• Her heavy black eyebrows met above her nose because her forehead was heavily furrowed.

• We somehow knew that Miss Crabtree, our new governess, would mark an uncomfortable change in our lives.