Question

Which provides the BEST description of the underlined phrase?

Roger, a hot-tempered football player, charged the referee and tried to tackle the poor man.
A) a verb form that is used as an adjective to describe Roger
B) a noun phrase that functions as the subject of the sentence
C) a verb form that is used as an adverb to explain Roger's behavior
Eliminate
D) an appositive phrase that describes another noun or pronoun in the sentence

a hot-tempered football player is underlined

Answer 1

The noun it describes is Roger so the correct answer is D. an appositive phrase that describes another noun or pronoun in the sentence.

Answer 2

Answer: D) an appositive phrase that describes another noun or pronoun in the sentence.

Step-by-step explanation: An appositive is a literary device that consists in writing a noun phrase or a noun that defines or explains another noun, which it follows. In the given sentence we can see an example of an appositive in the phrase "a hot-tempered football player", this words form a noun phrase that is defining (explaining) the proper noun "Roger" that is placed just before the noun phrase, so the correct answer is option D.