Apposition

//__Apposition __//


 * Definition:: ** the act of placing together  or bringing into proximity


 * Origin: ****:**1400–50; late Middle English apposicioun < Late Latin appositiōn- (stem of appositiō )


 * See also:: **juxtaposition

Definition taken from dictionary.com


 * Examples ** from text:

1) At the end of the story " A Rose for Emily " you discover that the main character kept the rotting body of her father next to her in the house.

> (F. Scott Fitzgerald, //The Great Gatsby//) (grammar.about.com)
 * Internet Examples:**
 * "This is a valley of ashes--//a fantastic farm// where ashes grow like wheat into ridges and hills and grotesque gardens; where ashes take the forms of houses and chimneys and rising smoke and finally, with a transcendent effort, of ash-grey men, who move dimly and already crumbling through the powdery air."

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