Warmups Get out a sheet of paper and

Warm-ups

• • Get out a sheet of paper and write Appositives at the top. Copy this information: – – • An appositive is a noun placed next to another noun or pronoun to give more info about it. Ex: The enchantress Circe detained me. Write out these sentences. Underline the appositive in each sentence. Draw an arrow to the noun or pronoun it identifies. 1. Of these adventures, Muse, daughter of Zeus, tell us in our time. 2. Alcinous, King of Phaeacians, welcomed Odysseus 3. Homer called upon the Muse, goddess of poetry, for help.

Locate your notes on Appositives. Add the following information: – – Appositives are a great way to “zoom in” on an image and expand details in a reader’s imagination. Ex: The old Navajo woman, a weak and withered lady, stared blankly. Now you try it. Add an appositive to each of the following sentences. (Remember: an appositive is a noun or noun phrase. ) 1. The nymph Calypso clung to him in her sea-hollowed caves. 2. All the gods pitied Lord Odysseus, except for Poseidon. 3. Zeus’s daughter Athena intervenes.

Locate your notes on Appositives. Add the following information: – When an appositive contains essential info, DO NOT put commas around it – When an appositive contains nonessential info, DO put commas around it Now you try it. Make up 3 sentences about a journey and use at least 1 appositive or appositive phrase in each sentence. 1. 2. 3.