1. Use commas, dashes, parentheses, or a colon to set off an appositive.

2. 1. The dinner was delicious, and it was a gourmet feast. [front] 2
Use commas, dashes, parentheses, or a colon to set off an appositive.
1. The dinner was delicious, and it was a gourmet feast [front]
2. Yellowstone is a great place to camp, and it is a national park. [front]
3. The doctor thought it was a lymphoma, and it is a fatty tumor.
4. Sol was there at 7:00 A.M. sharp, and he is my idea of a hero. [front]

3. 1. A gourmet feast, the dinner was delicious. 3
1. A gourmet feast, the dinner was delicious.
The dinner, a gourmet feast, was delicious.
Wrong: The dinner was delicious a gourmet feast.

4. 2. A national park, Yellowstone is a great place to camp. 4
2. A national park, Yellowstone is a great place to camp.
Yellowstone, a national park, is a great place to camp.
Wrong: Yellowstone is a great place to camp a national park.

5. Use commas, dashes, parentheses, or a colon to set off an appositive.
3. The doctor thought it was a lymphoma—a fatty tumor. 4. Sol, my idea of a hero, was there at 7:00 A.M. sharp. My ideas of a hero, Sol was there at 7:00 A.M. sharp. Wrong: Sol was there at 7:00 A.M. sharp my ideas of a hero.

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What Brother calls lying, or imaginative storytelling, is another clue to Doodle’s intelligence.