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.
2 Responses
JohnnyBoom
May 13th, 2010 at 3:20 am
1Definition of an appositive:
An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it.
Ex: The cockroach, a type of annoying bug, has been around in that country for several years.
(HINT: take out "a type of annoying bug" in the above phrase. The sentance still makes sense, and thats how you know that it is the appositive.
The appositives are in CAPS lock:
1) Spirituals, RELIGIOUS FOLKSONGS, were sung by bother 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 BY SCOTT 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.
NEGREYJR
May 13th, 2010 at 3:20 am
2An apositive is a noun that is used to describe the subject of the sentence. Usually they hide in between two commas, and you can usually double-check the apositive by taking it out of the sentence–if the sentence still makes sense without it, the part you took out is the apositive.
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
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