Appositives
Appositives do this to the noun in a sentence.
What is rename?
If we don't move soon, we're all going to die! Can't you see how dangerous it would be to stay?
What is pathos?
Identify the first S in SOAPStone in the following statement: Mr. Mason gave a speech about the importance of getting rest the night before a big test.
Who is Mr. Mason?
This is where you place the comma after the date in a sentence.
What is after the year?
Identify the sentence type of the following sentence: Miguel ran.
What is simple?
Identify the appositive phrase in the sentence: Ms. Francis, my teacher, is crazy.
What is “my teacher”?
4 out of 5 dentists recommend Trident gum.
What is logos?
Identify the A in SOAPStone in the following statement: The guest speaker addressed the crowd of excited cheerleaders.
Who are the cheerleaders?
This is what the optional comma before the conjunction is called.
What is the Oxford comma?
Identify the sentence type of the following sentence: I like Nao & Sam Smith.
What is compound?
Identify the appositive phrase in the sentence: During the dinner conversation, David, the messiest eater at the table, spewed mashed potatoes like an erupting volcano.
What is “the messiest eater at the table”?
The algorithms have been run in a thousand different ways, and the math continues to check out.
What is logos?
Identify the P in SOAPStone in the following statement: The Surgeon General’s report spoke about the dangers of cigarette smoke.
What is to tell people about the dangers of smoking?
The commas belong here in the following sentence: I have basketball practice on Monday Wednesday and Friday.
What is after Monday and Wednesday?
These are the lists of conjunctions in complex sentences.
What are subordinating conjunctions?
Identify the appositive phrase in the sentence: Kwamae likes spaghetti, an Italian dish with noodles and sauce.
What is “an Italian dish with noodles and sauce.”?
Lebron James sponsors Sprite (Hint-Credibility)
What is ethos?
Identify the O in SOAPStone in the following statement: Oprah’s final farewell message was delivered live on air on May 25, 2011.
What is May 25, 2011?
This is the name of this punctuation mark :
What is a colon?
Identify the sentence type of the following sentence: Since Jamie’s birthday was on Monday, the family decided to celebrate on Saturday.
What is complex?
Identify the appositive phrase in the sentence: Did you see Bad Boys For Life at Cinemark, the movie theater?
What is “the movie theater”?
The veterinarian says that a Chihuahua will be the perfect dog for our family.
What is ethos?
Identify the T in SOAPStonein the following statement: It was a dark and dreary night when citizens of Salem gathered to witness a witch burning.
Acceptable answers: What is dark/ominous/depressing/sad?
This is the name of multiple commas in a sentence.
What are items in a series or the serial comma?
Identify the sentence type of the following sentence: Though Christina prefers watching romantic films, she watched the latest cop thriller, and she enjoyed it very much.
What is compound-complex?