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Which words in the sentence are the appositive phrase? His favorite meal, chicken and dumplings, is bubbling on the stove. A. His favorite meal B. chicken and dumplings C. is bubbling D. on the stove Question Resources

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B. chicken and dumplings

It's because the 'chicken and dumplings' is renaming the noun 'meal' that is already there. Usually to find an appositive phrase, just look beside the noun and see if the sentence works without the words beside it.
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