my mother, a kind, hard - working woman, played the piano and encouraged us to keep music in our lives…

my mother, a kind, hard - working woman, played the piano and encouraged us to keep music in our lives. which terms describe the underlined portion of the sentence? check all that apply. appositive clause phrase nonrestrictive restrictive
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Brief Explanations:
An appositive is a noun or noun - phrase that renames another noun right beside it. "A kind, hard - working woman" renames "my mother". It is nonrestrictive because it can be removed without changing the essential meaning of the sentence. It is not a clause as it has no subject - verb combination, and it is a phrase.
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appositive, nonrestrictive, phrase