Exercise 1 1) Appositive-a truly exceptional man Details-my father 2)Appositive-the tort of rage that is only seen when rich

folk that have more than they can enjoy suddenly lose something that they have long had but never before used or wanted Details-his rage 3) Appositive-slavery was the Wests tragic flaw Details-the single unifying thought 4) Appositive-the time of world wars and emergent modernity Details- eruption in the early part of our country 5) Appositive-the world as it appeared before people bent it to their myriad ways Details-this starting point 6) Appositive-the first to be witnessed day after day by television cameras Details-the war America waged in Vietnam 7) Appositive-a tantalizing fish taco Details-the restaurants signature dish Exercise 2 1) Several West African countries; Nigeria, Ghana, Benin, Cameroon, and Togo were at some time in their history under colonial rule. 2) The mayoral candidates rally opened to throngs of people, an unusually large turnout for a cold, rainy day. 3) The British parliamentary system has two branches; the House of Lords and the House of Commons. 4) NP 5) One of our most popular poets, Billy Collins, is also one of our most gifted. 6) The surgeons reconstructed his hand-the most damaged part of his body. 7) The rewards of hard work-both physical and mental-are often intangible. 8) Homer, the Greek poet, was blind. 9) Dont you think that businesses should close on July the birthday of our country? Exercise 3 1) The Times, a world-renowned newspaper, is delivered to my house every day. 2) Dolores Cunningham-an advocate of the supply-side theory of economics-is the first mayor in our towns history to increase jobs during her four-year term. 3) A major health problem for teenagers is bulimia-an eating disorder. 4) My car, an old blue station wagon with a dent in the fender, is in the parking lot. 5) That call was from Bridget, the top student in my calculus class. 6) The Edwardsville Tigers, the only baseball team ever to lose a series that it had led three games to none, will be remembered forever for this colossal choke. 7) Warren G. Harding defeated James Cox in the 1920 presidential election, the biggest landslide victory in the history of U.S. presidential elections by 26 percentage points. 8) The service, a smashing success, opened to the choirs rendition of Handels Hallelujah Chorus. Exercise 4 1) Appositive-the last time many students will find themselves in a roomful of people who have all read the same text and are, in theory, prepared to discuss it: Effect-Its an explanation as to why the love for reading is born in high school English class. 2) Appositive-books that teachers may themselves have read in adolescence Effect-Also an explanation as to why adults are loyal to old books. 3) Appositive-fiction and memoir Effect-specifies the other genres 4) Appositive-a first person narrative of victimization and recovery Effect- Explanation of what the book was about

5) Appositive-a weeper and former bestseller by Judith Guest about a dysfunctional family recovering from a teenage sons suicide attempt Effect-explanation of the plot 6) Appositive- a lawyer who represents everything we cherish about justice and democracy and the American way Effect-further explanation about his character 7) Appositive- a gooney recluse who becomes the occasion for yet another lesson in tolerance and compassion Effect-further explains his part in the plot 8) Appositive-a chance to consider thorny issues of race and prejudice from a safe distance and with the comfortable certainty that the reader would never harbor the racist attitudes espoused by the lowlifes in the novel Effect-further explanation of the story and what it does 9) Appositive-specifically, what ethnic group or gender identity an author represents Effect-specification of who the author is 10) Appositive-felicitous or accurate language, images, rhythm, wit, the satisfaction of recognizing something in fiction that seems fresh and true Effect-explains what aesthetic beauty is