Question

Identify the italicized phrase. The moon, a YELLOW and FULL DISC , rose above the trees.

gerund
participle
infinitive
appositive

Answer 1

appositive, it describes the moon, but could be taken out of the sentence and it would still have the same meaning.

Answer 2

The italicized phrase is an appositive.

Step-by-step explanation:

An appositive could be only a noun or a noun phrase that mentions the original noun by another name, it is right after the original noun in the sentence and it is surrounded by commas, in this case, "The moon" and "a yellow and full disc" are a noun and a noun phrase which are describing the same thing, and the second description is between commas.