Grammar as Rhetoric and Style The Appositive An appositive is a noun or noun phrase that tells the reader something about a nearby noun or pronoun. In each sentence below‚ the appositive is underlined. The italics shows the noun or pronoun that the appositive details. It turned out that one of the top students‚ Denny Davies‚ had learned of this rule. Kennedy‚ a wiry fifty-nine-year-old who has a stern buzz cut‚ was in 1997 the principal of Sarasota High School. In 1981‚ two professors
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2.*can be preceded by a preposition. [e.g. I am very‚ very tired of rowing. (Hemingway)] | 2.* can be modified by an adverb. [e.g. She burst out crying bitterly. (Hardy)] | 3.*can be modified by a noun in the possessive case or by a possessive pronoun. [e.g. Is there any objection to my seeing her? (Galsworthy) Кто-нибудь возражает против того‚ чтобы я повидался с ней?] | 3.* has tense distinctions; * of transitive verbs has also voice distinctions. | *developed
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The previous week in my practicum placement has been very rewarding. I have been able to start the fixed interval reinforcement schedule with my student. The increase in attentive listening skills during instruction over the last three weeks has resulted in increased learning. Discrete Trial Training (DTT) has been used with the student to teach colors and letter names‚ and the reinforcement used after each trail has been verbal praise. The student has struggled to learn colors and letters with traditional
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engaging and simple manner. | FORM | MEANING | PHONOLOGY | CONCEPT CHECKING QUESTIONS | ANTICIPATED DIFFICULTIES AND SOLUTIONS | possessive adjective + noun + verb to be | The possessive adjectives are used at the beginning of noun phrases.They are pronouns‚ because they stand for possessive noun phrases | /maɪ//hɪz//hɜːr/strong form /jɔːr/weak form /jər/ | There is no need for | MEANING: P: Ss might confuse his/her‚ you/his and you/her.S: Clarify with pictures‚ demonstrating and practicing during
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Obama’s Speech Everybody knows how good of a speaker Obama is. His speeches always seem to convince the audience‚ but it is not by everybody understood what distinguishes him from other speakers. Certain skills he frequently uses help him reach his main purpose‚ but the question remains what these skills include. Therefore‚ the aim of this commentary is explain how the use of rhetorical devices makes Obama’s speeches stand out and memorable. Rhetorical devices are techniques that an author or speaker
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To what extent did the contrast from both our study of Judith Wright‚ Oodgeroo Noonuccal and Bruce Dawe make you aware poets present different responses to the same issues? Bruce Dawe and Judith Wright both present their readers with similar themes‚ although their style of writing differs. While Wright’s poetry is mainly focusing on the concerns about the natural world and society itself‚ Dawe’s poetry focuses on ordinary people in the suburbs and confronting their everyday problems. Although
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place of a noun (he‚ she‚ it‚ we‚ they) 13._________________ It shows state of being (am‚ is‚ are‚ was‚ were) 14._________________ It shows the action of the subject (run‚ flies‚ brushes‚ told) 15._________________ It describes a noun or a pronoun--tells what kind‚ how many (pretty‚ seven) 16._________________ A special kind of
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the use of singular pronouns to collective nouns can be observed. In the beginning‚ the repetition of the pronoun “I” and the use of anaphora in the first 6 lines‚ repeating “I am” at the beginning of the lines‚ underscores the concept of individuality‚ while towards the end “I” is replaced with collective nouns like “the People” whose capitalization draws attention to it‚ shifting the emphasis to plurality; this is also reflected in the structure of the poem as while the pronoun “I” is used in the
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students were (INSTEAD OF WERE ( WAS) guilty of bullying. Questions 13-18 PRONOUN/REFERENT (ANTECEDENT AGREEMENT) On the answer sheet‚ write the correct pronoun for each of these sentences. The orchestra (collective noun) rehearsed their own composition. Everyone has their (A‚ HIS OR HER) own opinion about Tiger Woods. Questions 19-24 PRONOUN PROBLEMS (CASE) On the answer sheet‚ write the correct pronoun in the following sentences. Just between you and me‚ I think we should tell
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Name_______________________ Date____October 08‚ 2014_______ Comprehensive Vocabulary Quiz 1. What is folklore? _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Why was folklore originally told through
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