Read the sentence.
his favorite meal, chicken and dumplings, was bubbling on the stove.
identify the appositive or the appositive phrase in the sentence.
a. on the stove
b. is bubbling
c. chicken and dumplings
d. his favorite meal

Compare: what are the similarities and differences between "artificial flavors" and "natural flavors"? why does schlosser explain these two terms in such detail?

Read the excerpt from "mother tongue." lately, i’ve been giving more thought to the kind of english my mother speaks. like others, i have described it to people as “broken” or “fractured” english. but i wince when i say that. it has always bothered me that i can think of no other way to describe it other than “broken,” as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness and soundness. what best supports the inference that tan believes nonstandard english is no less valid than standard english? tan spends a lot of time thinking about her mother’s “fractured” english. tan has trouble thinking of descriptive words when she is writing. tan’s american education makes it difficult for her to understand her mother. tan winces when she describes her mother’s english as “broken.”

Answer the questions below about benjamin franklin's autobiography and the interesting narrative life of olaudah equiano, or gustavus vassa, the african. a.) how are the structures of these autobiographies similar? b.) what is similar about the lives of these two men?