PPT-Appositive Phrases Noun Phrases that identify (or rename) adjacent nouns or pronouns.

Identifying Appositive Phrases It went away slowly The land that lay stretched hour before him became of vast significance However I looked with a mixture of admiration and awe at Peter . Nouns, Pronouns, and Adjectives. Nouns. Nouns. are words, phrases, or clauses that name. Persons. Places. Things. Or ideas. 4 Tests of a Noun. To determine whether a word or group of words is a noun, check to see if you can answer yes to at least one question below:. “Nouns are the stuff in writing. In terms of writer’s craft, the well-chosen noun can be all the difference between . bug. and . cockroach. , or the writer saying “stuff” instead of a list of items that reveal something about a character or setting. Naming names gives the reader an exact image on which to focus.”. They modify and describe! . Appositives…. are . a noun . or pronoun.. are placed . beside. another noun or pronoun to identify or describe it.. give us . extra information. . about the noun or pronoun.. Nouns. Nouns. are words, phrases, or clauses that name. Persons. Places. Things. Or ideas. 4 Tests of a Noun. To determine whether a word or group of words is a noun, check to see if you can answer yes to at least one question below:. Nouns. My friend, Jim, likes to explore our city.. friend (common). Jim (proper). city (common). Nouns. Last week, Jim visited the Natural History Museum.. week (common). Jim (proper). Natural History Museum (proper). Appositives. definition. An . APPOSITIVE. . is a noun that is. placed next to another noun to . identify. it or . add information. about it. It is usually. set off by commas. . example. Miss M. c. 60 second challenge: list as many objects as you can name in this picture. Choose a head noun . t. o describe in more . d. etail e.g. . beast. Place a determiner . a. nd one or two adjectives . i. n front of the noun e.g.. Today you will:. Take the final TKAM assessment. Return your novel to . Ms. . Oliverio. Smile knowing that this was your FINAL novel for your sophomore year. . . No HW tonight. . English 10. Please have out your binders to take notes today. You may title your notes “Phrases”. for. Visual Learners. Fortner. James owns an ax, but James needs an log splitter.. Takes the place of one or more nouns.. Keeps us from having to repeat the same noun.. Pronoun. James owns an ax, but he needs a log splitter.. Chapter 2 Nouns, Pronouns, and Adjectives A noun is a word or word group that is used to name a person, place, thing, or an idea. Person—George Washington, teacher, chef Place—Grand Canyon, city, kitchen phrase. is a group of words that does not include a subject and verb and cannot stand alone as a sentence.. Kinds of Phrases. Prepositional phrases. Appositive phrases. Participial phrases. Gerund phrases. Prepositional Phrases. A . prepositional phrase . consists of a . preposition. , its . object. . , and any . modifiers. . of the object. . EX: . I left my notebook . on the table. . A sentence can include more than one prepositional phrase.. There are two types of noun phrases. THE BASIC NOUN PHRASE. THE COMPLEX NOUN PHRASE. Basic Noun Phrases. . . Often a noun phrase is just . a noun or a pronoun. :. People. like to have money.. I . am tired. Proper and Common Nouns. Proper Nouns name a specific person, place or thing and are capitalized.. Common Nouns name any person, place, or thing and are NOT capitalized.. Proper Nouns. Common Nouns. 1.