What is the appositive in these sentence?
1. Spirituals, religous folksongs, were sung by both blacks and whites at church revival meetings.
2. Ragtime was composed for the piano and emphasized a "ragged" style of music, syncopation.
3. "The entertainer,"a ragtime song byScott Joplin, used choppier rhythms than ordinary music.
4.Unlike most music, jazz emphasized a style of creating music by ear, improvisation.
5. As in other art forms, such as dance and drama, improvisation in music means that it is created spontaneously or on the spur of the moment.
6.One of the most famous jazz musicians of our time, louis Armstrong, began his career by playing on street coners and in cafes in New Orleans.
7. Armstrong popularized a type of jazz singing, that scat song, in which he invented melodies spontaneously by imitating the sounds of instruments.
3 Responses
BD1982
May 12th, 2010 at 5:50 am
1Appositives name or explain the noun.
1. religious folksongs (explains spirituals)
2. syncopation (names ragged style of music)
3. a ragtime song by Scott Joplin (explains the entertainer)
4. improvisation (names style of creating music by ear)
5. such as dance and drama (explains art forms)
6. Louis Armstrong (names jazz musician)
7. that scat song (names jazz singing)
♥Tango This♥
May 12th, 2010 at 5:50 am
2Such an easy topic. Just take the things in each sentence that could be removed.
1. Religious folksongs
2. syncopation
3. A ragtime song by Scott Joplin
4. improvisation
5. Such as dance and drama
6. Louis Armstrong
7. that scat song
Read each sentence without the appositives in it and you’ll see what I mean. You can easily read and write each sentence without them in it.
fighterpilot247
May 12th, 2010 at 5:50 am
31)religous folksongs
2)syncopation
3)a ragtime song byScott Joplin
4)improvisation
5)such as dance and drama
6)louis Armstrong
7)that scat song
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