Question

Earth, one of eight planets, resides in the spiral galaxy the Milky Way, which is one of the estimated billions of galaxies

in space.
Identify the essential appositive and the noun it renames or identifies.

A. Milky Way; galaxy
B. one of eight planets; Earth
C. in space; galaxies
D. of galaxies; billions

Answer 1

Essential appositive: Milky Way

Noun it identifies: Galaxy

Explanation:

An appositive is a noun or in some cases, noun phrase that come before a noun to give it more meaning.

Therefore, from the sentence, "Earth, one of eight planets, resides in the spiral galaxy the Milky Way, which is one of the estimated billions of galaxies in space", the essential appositive is "Milky Way" and the noun it identifies is "Galaxy".

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Answer 2

A

Answer: the answer is (A)