The answer is: [C]: appositive. _________________________ The text within this very question itself is the definition of an "appositive phrase". ___________________ Note: In other words, consider the text of this very question itself: _____________________________________________ "What kind of phrase renames a noun or pronoun and appears directly after the word it renames?" ____________________________________________ ; And note that an: "appositive phrase" is a "...phrase [that] renames a noun or pronoun and appears directly after the word it renames." _____________________________