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What is the appositive in this sentence?

J.M. Barrie's book Peter Pan was made into a play and a movie.
a. Barrie's book
b. was made
c. Peter Pan
d. a movie

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The appositive in the given sentence: J.M. Barrie's book Peter Pan was made into a play and a movie, is (a) J.M. Barrie's book. Appositives are noun or noun phrases which gives another name to the noun near it. They are very easy to trace. In this case, Peter Pan is a noun. It is renamed into J.M. Barrie's book. Thus, "Barrie's book" is an appositive of Peter Pan.

Additional Notes:
(b) was made: is the verb
(c) Peter Pan: is the main noun
(d) into a movie: is the prepositional phrase
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