Appositive Phrases.pdf

A noun or pronoun placed after another noun
or pronoun to identify, rename, or explain
the preceding word.
It is used to define and add important details
so that writing is more precise.

The painter Pablo Picasso lived in Spain.
I want to visit Spain’s famous museum, The
Prado.
His painting Guernica impressed my father.

A noun or pronoun with modifiers
It stands next to a noun or pronoun and adds
information or details.
You do not have a subject and a verb in an
appositive phrase.

Willa Cather, an American novelist, wrote My
Antonia.
Lisbon, a thriving port in Portugal, has often
been the scene of espionage.
The shopping center-a network of
restaurants, shops, and people-provides
many jobs.

Use commas when the appositive adds extra
information.
Jean Champollion, a French scholar, deciphered the
Rosetta stone.
Do not use commas when the appositive is need
to make the sentence clear.
The French scholar Jean Champollion deciphered the
Rosetta stone.
Use dashes or semicolons when the appositive
consists of a list.
Many destructive forces-fires, tornadoes, typhoons,
hurricanes, and blizzards-force neighbors to support
one another.