Phrases Are Fantastic Phrases Remember n A phrase

Phrases Are Fantastic…

Phrases Remember n A phrase is a group of words that acts as a unit n A phrase DOES NOT have a subject and a verb

Phrases n These are the four categories of phrases that we are studying: ü n n n Prepositional phrases Appositive phrases Verbal phrases Absolute phrases

Phrases – 2 We have already looked at prepositional phrases. Now we are going to look at the second type of phrases - appositives

Appositive Phrases n n An appositive phrase is another group of words that acts as a unit and does NOT have a subject and verb. It consists of a noun (and all of its modifiers) that renames or provides additional information about another noun in the sentence.

Appositive Phrases n An appositive normally sits next to the noun it renames; in other words, it is “positioned next to” that noun, which is why it is said to be “in apposition”.

Appositive Phrases n Can you identify the appositive phrase in this sentence? One Fish, Two Fish, my favorite book by Dr. Seuss, is the only book I have read completely on my own.

Appositive Phrases One Fish, Two Fish, my favorite book by Dr. Seuss, is the only book I have read completely on my own. “my favorite book by Dr. Seuss” renames One Fish, Two Fish

Appositive Phrases n n n An appositive is a group of words that explains in a sentence. An appositive is placed by the word it explains An appositive is set off by commas. A one-word appositive may be written with or without commas.

Appositive Phrases n Examples: My sister, the girl in the red dress, is a clerk. n His friend, Miss Nina Musser, will come. One word appositive-n The horse, Flavor, won the race. n The horse Flavor won the race. n

Appositive Phrases n Practice n Randy’s job was collecting tickets at basketball games. His job was fun.

Appositive Phrases Randy’s job was collecting tickets at basketball games. His job was fun. n Randy’s job, collecting tickets at basketball games, was fun.

Appositive Phrases n In class, we will be practicing identifying appositives and punctuating them correctly.

Appositive Phrases n We will also look at how to use appositives to improve the basic sentence structure in your writing.

Appositive Phrases n n n Verbs of being are weaker verbs that don’t do much for your sentence. You want to eliminate as many of them as you can to use action verbs to make your writing vibrant. Using an appositive phrase is a good way to eliminate verbs of being in your writing.

Appositive Phrases n Wilbur is the new class president. He is the president of the junior class. He met with his officers to plan fundraisers to offset the cost of the Prom.

Appositive Phrases n In that group of sentences, we have three verbs, two of which are verbs of being. They are not dynamic enough to make the sentence vibrant. One way to improve these three choppy sentences is to combine them into one, eliminating the verbs of being.

Appositive Phrases n Wilbur is the new class president. He is the president of the junior class. He met with his officers to plan fundraisers to offset the cost of the Prom.

Appositive Phrases n Wilbur, the new class president of the junior class, met with his officers to plan fundraisers to offset the cost of the Prom.

Appositive Phrases n We will be working in class on ways to combine short, choppy, little sentences into more sophisticated ones by eliminating verbs of being using appositives.