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Diagramming sentences

Diagramming sentences. appositives and appositive phrases. An APPOSITIVE is a noun or pronoun that renames another noun or pronoun in the sentence. Place the appositive immediately after the word it renames and write it in parentheses. verb. direct object. subject (app).

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Diagramming sentences

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  1. Diagramming sentences

  2. appositives and appositive phrases • An APPOSITIVE is a noun or pronoun that renames another noun or pronoun in the sentence. Place the appositive immediately after the word it renames and write it in parentheses. verb direct object subject (app) adjective adjective adjective adjective

  3. EX: A California stagecoach driver, Charley Parkhurst, had a secret. had secret driver (Charley Parkhurst) a California stagecoach A

  4. appositives and appositive phrases • An APPOSITIVE PHRASE is composed of an appositive and all the words that modify it. Write the appositive in parentheses immediately after the word it renames and place the modifiers on slant lines under the appositive. verb direct object subject (appositive) adjective adjective adjective adverb

  5. appositives and appositive phrases EX: Parkhurst, a fearless driver, could handle almost any horse. could handle horse Parkhurst (driver) any a fearless almost

  6. Copy each of the following and then diagram each. • Charley Parkhurstwas really Charlotte Parkhurst, an orphan. • Charlotte, a tall strong girl, left an unfriendly orphanage. • She took a man’s job, stable hand.

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