Question

Read the sentence below and complete the instruction that follows.

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.

Answer 1

Essential appositive: Milky Way

Noun it identifies: Galaxy

Step-by-step 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".