Question

In which sentence does the appositive or appositive phrase rename the direct object?

A) My jacket, a windbreaker, keeps me perfectly warm in the cool, damp cave.
B) She is an archaeologist, a historic explorer, who works in Egypt.
C) I bought a book, an atlas of famous caves.
D) I called my friend Caruso, the name of a famous operatic tenor, because he likes to sing in the caves.

Answer 1

the answer is c, i bought a book, an atlas of famous caves

Answer 2

The correct answer is C. I bought a book, an atlas of famous caves.

Appositives and appositive phrases are used to describe subjects and direct objects. They are usually separated from the rest of the sentence using commas.

A is incorrect because the appositive a windbreaker is renaming the subject my jacket; B is incorrect because the appositive phrase a historic explorer is renaming the predicate nominative an archaeologist; D is incorrect because the appositive phrase the name of a famous operatic tenor is renaming object complement rather than the direct object.

This leaves us with sentence C - here, the noun a book is a direct object, and the appositive phrase an atlas of famous caves renames it.