Question

Identify the appositive in the following sentence and type it in the box below.

When tempted to steal, the young boy remembered his father's advice, that sin will find you out.

Answer 1

Appositive refers to a word or a noun that is followed by another phrase or noun which identifies or rename the noun or word. In other words, it refers to the literary device which appears after or before a noun phrase or noun, used with a comma.

Therefore, the appositive in the following sentence is "that sin will find you out." as it renames the abstract noun 'father's advice.'

Answer 2

The appositive in the sentence, "When tempted to steal, the young boy remembered his father's advice, that sin will find you out" is "that sin will find you out."

The appositive, "that sin will find you out" extends meaning of the noun "advice."