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Identify the italicized phrase. Mervin, the circus animal trainer, directed the elephant by tapping her trunk.

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Is "the circus animal trainer" what's italicized? Because if it is, then that would be an appositive because an appositive is a noun or noun phrase that renames another noun right beside it. For more help with appositives: http://www.chompchomp.com/terms/appositive.htm

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