do it. It seems that some people ignore the value of punctuation to such an extent that they have now started campaigning against using certain characters. For example‚ in an article bluntly titled "Axing the Apostrophe"[7]‚ Adrian Room argues
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are only important in upholding these ideas. The main themes of his "O Captain! My captain!" are death of a hero‚ family‚ a journey‚ and defeat vs. victory. The themes are supported by a variety of concrete stylistic techniques‚ including tone‚ apostrophe‚ allusions‚ archetypes‚ and repetition. Death of a hero is the first theme to consider. It’s obvious the narrator has great respect for the Captain‚ rendered by tones of compassion‚ reverence‚ and ceremony in the poem. "Exult‚ O shores‚ and ring
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REVIEW NOTES FOR FINAL GRAMMAR QUIZ English 170/1 – Joe Benge Here is an outline of the content of your final grammar quiz. Correct all the examples in each section and bring this sheet to the next class. Questions 1-6 FINDING SUBJECTS AND VERBS On the answer sheet‚ for each of these sentences‚ write the main subject(s) in the first blank and the main verb(s) in the second blank. Careful – beware of prepositional phrases or dependent clauses that might lurk in between the real subject and
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Literary Terms Allegory: Allegory is a figure of speech in which abstract ideas and principles are described in terms of characters‚ figures and events. It can be employed in prose and poetry to tell a story with a purpose of teaching an idea and a principle or explaining an idea or a principle. The objective of its use is to preach some kind of a moral lesson. Example: “Animal Farm”‚ written by George Orwell‚ is an allegory that uses animals on a farm to describe the overthrow of the last of the
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In Eudora Welty’s short story “ A Worn Path ”‚ the author uses visual imagery and apostrophe to characterize Phoenix Jackson as a poverty stricken elderly woman. Phoenix Jackson is portrayed as a very poor elderly woman by the way Welty describes her apparel. Her clothes weren’t made from traditional cloth‚ “ She wore a dark striped dress reaching down to her shoe tops‚ and an equally long apron of bleached sugar sacks”. That piece of her wardrobe is usually kept as a kitchen accessory and usually
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AP Language + Composition Eats‚ Shoots‚ and Leaves “I don’t know how bad things are in America‚ but in the UK I cannot emphasize it enough: standards of punctuation are abysmal” [xx of the Introduction] Truss’ whole purpose of her novel is to try and fix poor grammar and punctuation that many people now obtain. Many examples are given of poor punctuation in the UK that should be simple and taught at a very young age. I’m here to agree that many people in the United States also have horrid punctuation
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REFLECTIVE ESSAY I have been a student at Anglia Ruskin University for one semester‚ and over the duration of my stay I have grown and learned more than I thought possible. I came to this course already knowing that I wanted to be a journalist‚ I had taken media in college and through that I knew exactly what I was heading for. Going through this course has taught me so much more about journalism; moreover it has taught me how to write and express myself‚ how to think like a journalist and
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The Final List Literary/non-literary language Images (five) Simile Metaphor Personification Apostrophe Repetition and Parallelism Hyperbole Exaggeration Antithesis Oxymoron Paradox Allusion Connotation Sound Devices: Internal rhyme End rhyme Eye rhyme Assonance Consonance Alliteration Onomatopoeia Setting Tone Mood Attitude Samples of Students’ writing in the Midterms a. And I saw the flash of a white throat‚ And a double row of white
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Man Who Loved too Much in Petrarcha’s Sonnets Laura‚ a very beautiful but also mysterious lady‚ inspired Petrarcha for poems. Petrarcha passes through emotional ’’landscape’’ in his life from the moment he first lied his eyes on Laura to when she rejected his courtship and after when she passed away. His feelings of love towards Laura prevail throughout whole his life‚ but his emotional state changes from happiness to deep despair and grief. Francesco Petrarcha (July 20
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B: Look at the following information. Then‚ write a sentence list in the space given. Are you nervous about tests or exams? This is not a guide to show you how to study‚ but how to be prepared for them when you have to take them. First‚ you must go to bed early. After that‚ wake up nice and early‚ you’ll have a clear head if you do. Then‚ have a healthy breakfast to keep your body functioning correctly. Don’t drink too much or you’ll be sick in the exam. Finally‚ relax and trust yourself.
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