Which sentence contains the appositive or appositive phrase that is not correctly punctuated?
one hero in the animation field is mel blanc the voice behind many cartoon characters.
sarah smith, the first person from our town to attend yale, is giving a speech at the meeting.
science fiction writer orson scott card is very talented.
were the writers ernest hemingway and gertrude stein ever photographed together?

Your answer would be the following one: One hero in the animation field is Mel Blanc the voice behind many cartoon characters.

Explanation:

An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it. In the sentence above, the appositive "the voice behind many cartoon characters" renames the noun "Mel Blanc". However, the sentence is wrongly punctuated because there should be a comma before the appositive phrase.

Nonessential appositive phrases are always separated from the rest of the sentence with commas to indicate that if they were removed, the meaning of the sentece would be left unchanged. In the sentence above, "the voice behind many cartoon characters" is not essential information to the reader because Mel Blanc being important in the animation field can be inferred from previous information (one hero in the animation field). That is the reason why there should be a comma before the appositive phrase.

1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)

answer: he would chuck as much wood as he could chuck if he could chuck wood with a wood chuck