Phrase Identification

Underline the appositive phrase in each sentence. (1) 'Cisneros, a Chicana poet and novelist, writes vignettes.' (2) 'Angelou, the author of seven autobiographies, uses concrete diction.' (3) 'My great-grandmother, a wild horse of a woman, refused to marry.' (4) 'Diction, the writer's word choice, drives close reading.' (5) 'Tan's mother tongue, the language of her childhood home, shapes her voice.'

1. An appositive renames a noun.
2. Look for commas around a noun-phrase between subject and verb.

• Marks adjective phrases as appositives.
• Misses appositives that aren't set off by commas.

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