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In the sentence "Oliver Wendell Holmes, a contemporary of Ralph Waldo Emerson, was a doctor and a talented poet," the bold words are an example of a(n)
Answer:
Appositive phrase
Explanation:
An appositive phrase is characterized as a clause within a sentence whose main objective is to promote extra information, or to explain a previously stated term. This type of sentence is placed right after the term that is giving information and is separated from the rest of the sentence by two commas. In the sentence shown in the question above, we can see that the clause "a contemporary of Ralph Waldo Emerson" is an example of an appositive phrase. That's because in addition to being separated by commas, it provides information about "Wendell Holmes."
