Apposition / Punctuation Practice Exercises
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By Schuck.jane on July 23, 2007
Question Excerpt
| 1. | When appositives have commas inside them, what punctuation is used instead to enclose the appositive? Example: To her, the young man__a broad, six feet tall giant__seemed menacingly close. |
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| 2. | What role does the dash play in the following sentence? Example: It was in the echo of that terrified woman's footfalls that I first began to know the power I had - the ability to strike fear into others through my menacing visage. |
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| 3. | Please fill in the blank with an appropriate appositive that describes the subject of the sentence: Digital watches are invariably made of black rubber and perform a growing number of strange and interesting functions - _______. |
| 4. | What does the following appositive describe in the sentence below? Example: A second ceremony is planned during the unveiling of "Tribute in Light," a temporary memorial consisting of two parallel light beams created by 88 searchlights. |
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