The phrase "our country's 16th president" is an appositive phrase. An appositive phrase provides additional information about a noun and usually renames it or gives more detail, which is the case here as it describes "Abraham Lincoln."
In the sentence, "Abraham Lincoln, our country's 16th president, wrote the 'Gettysburg Address,'" the phrase "our country's 16th president" is...
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an appositive phrase.
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a participial phrase.
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a prepositional phrase.
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an infinitive phrase.
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