This document discusses appositives and provides examples. An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun beside it. There are two types: nonessential appositives, where the information in the appositive is not needed for the sentence to make sense, and essential appositives, where the information is necessary for the correct meaning. Appositives can be found at the beginning, middle or end of a sentence and add additional identifying information about a noun.

1. Appositives

2. What is the difference?
1.) Kevin is my four year old brother. He broke my favorite
toy.
2. Kevin, my four year old brother, broke my favorite toy.

3. What is the difference?
1.) Kevin is my four year old brother. He broke my favorite
toy.
(Sentences are short and choppy.)
2. Kevin, my four year old brother, broke my favorite toy.
(Sentence flows more smoothly.)

4. An Appositive!
Kevin, my four year old
brother, broke my favorite toy.
*The phrase in yellow is known as an
appositive.

5. What is an appositive?
�It is a noun or noun phrase that
renames another noun right
beside it.

6. What is a noun again?
�A person, place, thing, or idea
�Examples: man, dog, elephant, teacher,
Ashton Kutcher, South Carolina, river, home,
car, love, excitement, time, justice, fear

7. What is a noun phrase?
� A phrase that plays the role of a noun
� The main word in a noun phrase will be a noun or pronoun
� Examples:
� The red bike is for sale.
� The pouring rain covered the windshield.
� I want a brown puppy.
� I gave the little girl a flower.

8. Nonessential appositives!
�A nonessential appositive means that the
information in the appositive is not needed
for the sentence to make complete sense. (I
can take out the appositive and it still makes
sense)

9. Back to Appositives!
� Remember an appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames another
noun right beside it. Can you figure out the nonessential appositives in the
following sentences?
� 1. My best friend, her name is Carolyn, sent me a letter in the mail.
� 2. Your dress, the one with the red stripes, looked so cute from the pictures.
� 3. Our horse, named Wichita, has a personality of her own.
� 4. English, my favorite subject, is easy for me to understand.
� 5. Have you ever read Bystander, a novel by James Preller?

10. Answers:
� 1. My best friend, her name is Carolyn, sent me a letter in the mail.
� 2. Your dress, the one with the red stripes, looked so cute from the
pictures.
� 3. Our horse, named Wichita, has a personality of her own.
� 4. English, my favorite subject, is easy for me to understand.
� 5. Have you ever read Bystander, a novel by James Preller?

11. Let’s take another look!
� 1. My best friend, her name is Carolyn, sent me a letter in the mail.
� 2. Your dress, the one with the red stripes, looked so cute from the pictures.
� 3. Our horse, named Wichita, has a personality of her own.
� 4. English, my favorite subject, is easy for me to understand.
� 5. Have you ever read Bystander, a novel by James Preller?

12. There are also essential appositives!
� This means that the information in the appositive is
necessary for the correct meaning of the sentence.
� Examples:
� 1. My sister Alexandra is my only sister who lives in New
Jersey.
� 2. The singer Halsey is having a birthday today.
� 3. My friend Carlee is the funniest one in our group.

13. Where are appositives found?
� They can be found at the beginning, middle, or ending of the
sentence.
� A hot-tempered basketball player, Ricky ran at the referee and screamed in
his face.
� Ricky, a hot-tempered basketball player, ran at the referee and screamed in
his face.
� Upset by a bad call, the crowd cheered on Ricky, a hot-tempered
basketball player who ran at the referee and screamed in his face.