appositively

As a renamer

In an appositive manner—that is, by placing a noun or noun phrase beside another to explain or identify it.

In my brother, the doctor, the phrase "the doctor" is used appositively to clarify which brother.

The construction is common in journalism and formal writing for adding information without a separate clause.

clarification

explanation

Statement making something clear

elaborationDevelopment through detail
restatementRewording of something said
identificationEstablishing who someone is

specification · annotation · gloss · unpacking · explication · amplification · supplementary · informational · defining · renaming

grammatical

nonrestrictive

Not defining or limiting

parentheticalSet off by punctuation
commasPunctuation for pauses
clausesGrammatical or legal units

modifiers · syntax · noun phrases · renaming · punctuation · subordination · sentence structure · antecedent · agreement · coordination

rhetorical

emphasis

Stress given to something

parallelismMatching structural elements
contrastNotable difference between things
highlightingEmphasizing key parts

intensification · foregrounding · amplification · specification · dramatic effect · naming · epithet · title · honorific · descriptor

Opposites

grammatical function

appositivelyattributively

As a noun modifier

restrictively · independently · parenthetically

syntactic position

appositivelyadverbially

As a verb modifier

Family

appositive, appositives

Familiarity: Top 1,000,000
Profile: Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Rated G