For December, you will be using appositives in your sentences. Appositives follow a noun and rename it. Appositives do not start with who, whom, which, or that. They do use commas unless they are very short and just add a name. For example, my cousin Bob "names" the same person twice, but in that case the appositive doesn't need commas. You will use longer appositives, ones that do require commas. Here are some samples:
- Mrs. Kragen, our English teacher, told us to use appositives in our sentences this month.
- We are supposed to use longer appositives, ones that require commas.
- There are several movie versions of Frankenstein, a novel about a scientist who creates a monster.
- The monster, a result of Victor's study and experimentation, demands that Victor make him a female version, a bride.
