APPOSITIV • Ebezaner, an enthusiastic student, seldom attended

E class.
An appositive • We stopped at the cafeteria, our favorite hangout.
is a noun or
pronoun that Appositives can be a very useful device for combining two
follows short, choppy sentences.
another noun • Example
or pronoun • The lecture about drugs was always interesting. It was
and an annual event.
explains or • The lecture about drugs, an annual event, was always
identifies it. interesting.

• A
apposit
ive
phrase
is the
apposit
ive and
any of
its
modifi
ers.
• Appos
itives
are set
off by
comm
as.
• Examp
le
• The
profess
or, a
short
stubby
man,
wore
slipper
s to
class.