OBJECTIVE:
Appositive phrases are phrases that define a noun or pronoun and being with a noun.

MODEL SENTENCE:
Roger Federer, an amazing tennis player, will win another Wimbledon Championship.
(“an amazing tennis player” is a phrase that begins with a noun and modifies “Roger Federer”).

Appositive phrases function as adjectives do and add detail to your noun or pronoun.

KEY PUNCTUATION DETAIL:
IF appositive phrases occur after a noun in a sentence, then two commas must offset the appositive phrase. See the example above.

MODEL PIC-LIT:

GUIDED PRACTICE WRITING PROMPT:

1. Go to piclits.com
2. Sign in with your e-mail and password
3. Select a picture from the gallery of pictures
4. In DRAG-N-DROP mode, write a sentence with an appositive phrase that defines a noun or pronoun.