Question

1. is this an essential appositive or a nonessential appositive? the italian artist leonardo da vinci drew a flying machine with flapping wings around 1500. a) essential (or restrictive) appositive b) nonessential (or nonrestrictive) appositive 9. is this an essential appositive or a nonessential appositive? leonardo da vinci, an italian artist, drew a flying machine with flapping wings around 1500. a) essential (or restrictive) appositive b) nonessential (or nonrestrictive) appositive 10. is this an essential appositive or a nonessential appositive? in its a wonderful life, one of the most popular movies ever made, a character named clarence wants to get his wings. a) nonessential (or nonrestrictive) appositive b) essential (or restrictive) appositive 11. is this an essential appositive or a nonessential appositive? clarence, an angel, must accomplish this goal by helping the character george bailey realize what a wonderful life he has had. a) nonessential (or nonrestrictive) appositive b) essential (or restrictive) appositive 12. is this an essential appositive or a nonessential appositive? clarence, an angel, must accomplish this goal by helping the character george bailey realize what a wonderful life he has had. a) nonessential (or nonrestrictive) appositive b) essential (or restrictive) appositive 13. true or false? eliminating the nonessential appositive changes the basic meaning of the sentence. a) true b) false 14. true or false? nonessential appositives are set off with commas. a) false b) true

Explanation:

1. Question 8: "The Italian artist Leonardo da Vinci drew a flying machine with flapping wings around 1500." - The appositive "The Italian artist" is essential as it is needed to identify which Leonardo da Vinci is being referred to among other possible people named Leonardo da Vinci.
2. Question 9: "Leonardo da Vinci, an Italian artist, drew a flying machine with flapping wings around 1500." - The appositive "an Italian artist" is non - essential. Removing it still clearly identifies Leonardo da Vinci, and it just adds extra information about his profession.
3. Question 10: "In It's a Wonderful Life, one of the most popular movies ever made, a character named Clarence wants to get his wings." - "one of the most popular movies ever made" is non - essential. The sentence would still make sense without it, just providing less information about the movie.
4. Question 11 and 12: "Clarence, an angel, must accomplish this goal by helping the character George Bailey realize what a wonderful life he has had." - "an angel" is non - essential. It gives extra information about Clarence, but the sentence is clear about who Clarence is without it.
5. Question 13: Eliminating a non - essential appositive does not change the basic meaning of the sentence. Non - essential appositives are just additional information, so the statement "Eliminating the nonessential appositive changes the basic meaning of the sentence" is false.
6. Question 14: Non - essential appositives are set off with commas. This is a standard rule in English grammar for non - essential appositives to separate them from the main clause as they are not crucial for the identification of the noun they modify.

Answer:

1. a) Essential (or restrictive) appositive
2. b) Nonessential (or nonrestrictive) appositive
3. a) Nonessential (or nonrestrictive) appositive
4. a) Nonessential (or nonrestrictive) appositive
5. a) Nonessential (or nonrestrictive) appositive
6. b) False
7. b) True