An appositive phrase is a noun, noun phrase, or series of nouns that renames the noun next to it.
Examples of an Appositive Phrase
Some examples of appositive phrases would be the following:
My puppy, a rambunctious Boston Terrier, loves to play fetch.
A record-setting swimmer, Jada practically lived at the pool.
New Zealand, the first country to pass suffrage laws, granted voting rights to women 27 years before the United States.