This document discusses how to use appositives in writing to add description and improve sentence fluency. Appositives provide additional information about a noun by placing it next to the noun in commas. Some examples given are of appositives used to describe people and movies, showing that appositives can include noun phrases or adjectives placed before or after the noun they describe. The document encourages writing sentences using appositives about an enjoyed movie or TV show.

1. Writing with Style

2. Appositives
 Add description
 Give you better sentence fluency

3. Average Style
 Steven Spielberg is a film director.
 His films have won many awards.

4. With an appositive
 Film director, Steven Spielberg’s films
have won many awards.

5.  You can use noun phrases or adjectives.
 Brave and intelligent, Victor was a hero in
WWII.
 Victor, a WWII hero, was brave and
intelligent.
 Ilsa, Victor’s wife, had been in love with Rick
in Paris.
 Strict and heartless, Major Strasser got shot
at the end of Casablanca.
 Major Strasser, strict and heartless, got shot
at the end of Casablanca.

6. Where?
 Put the appositive before or right after
the noun it describes.
 A genius, Sherlock Holmes can outsmart just
about any criminal.
 Watson, Sherlock’s loyal friend, wrote about
their adventures together.
 Romantic and exciting, Titanic tells the love
story of Rose and Jack.
 Titanic, romantic and exciting, tells the love
story of Rose and Jack.

7. Write
 Write 4 sentences with appositives
about a movie or TV show you enjoy.