The essential appositive in the sentence "astronomer maia mitchell discovered a comet in 1847 and went on to become the first professional female astronomer in the united states," is Maia Mitchel. The last option is correct.
An appositive consists on a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it. The appositive can be a short or long combination of words.
In this particular case, the words Maia Mitchell which is a proper noun is renaming the noun astronomer, which is right before it and constitutes the subject of the sentence.
Perseus accidentally killed his grandfather, Acrisius in a discus throwing contest and fulfills the Oracle prophecy.
I'm not exactly sure what you mean but "yield" might be a possible answer if i am assuming correctly.
The answer is c. courtroom : lawyer.
The original analogy, football field : head coach, is comparing a workplace to a profession that would work in that workplace. A, B, and D don't fit that description (A is comparing two similar professions, B is comparing a job with a task that person would do, and D is comparing two people) so C is your best option (it, too, follows the format of workplace : profession.)
Hope this helps!
6 scholarly
7 colloquial
8 anaphora
9 informal
Again, I really hope I’m right.
