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    emphasise the politeness of the birds in the first two sentences. The phonology of the passage is that onomatopoeia is used in the word “whistling” and in the phrase “rustling like silk”. The phrase is emphasising how softly and smoothly the birds are flying. “As the slow sea socked at the shore” is another example of sibilance to show how polite these birds are. Passage one begins with an antonym‚ “black and white”. This shows that the sentences are broken into clauses‚ which shows the agitation. The

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    Sentence Structure

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    Sentence Structure and Avoiding Run-on Sentences Sentence Structure Depending on the number and type of clauses they contain‚ sentences are classified as simple‚ compound‚ complex‚ compound-complex. 1. Simple Sentences A simple sentence contains only one independent clause. Without dancing‚ life would not be fun. A simple sentence can also contain compound elements (subject‚ verb‚ object). Evil enters like a needle and spreads like an oak. (compound verb) 2. Compound sentences

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    To Autumn - Poem

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    the bounty of Autumn whereas the extract has 2 paragraphs which is known as continuous pros. He introduces the reader to the market with the opening sentence e.g.:’’ so up we went and found ourselves in the vegetable market.’’ This function is a discourse marker ‘’up’’ - prepositions - because he changed word order around. It’s got stress on the sentence along with inverted syntax that takes us up on to narrative stance. Conferring to text B the Narrative stance‚ he uses are reflective pronouns - ourselves

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    CONDITIONAL SENTENCES

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    CONDITIONAL SENTENCES (‘if’ sentences) A.G.N.Sudath (JP) Bachelor of Education‚ National Diploma in Teaching English Former National Trainer at the PIC at the Ministry of Education Visiting Lecturer of English – University of Sabaragamuwa Conditional Sentences Structure : A conditional sentence is composed of 2 parts : If-clause + Main Clause Example : If it rains tomorrow‚ we will not come. If-clause Main Clause These sentences are in two halves (clauses):  The if part - (if clause)

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    it brought may now have the chance to comprehend it. The entire poem is a single sentence and the overall structure is unusual‚ with no rhyme‚ rhythm or pattern. This means the readers can read it as their own thoughts‚ enabling anyone who underestimated the war and its consequences to now develop some idea of how meaningless the masses of deaths were and how little recognition they were given. With sentences like All day‚ day after day‚ they’re bringing them home‚ and‚ they’re bringing them in

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    Death Sentence There are many people in the world who given the right situation would take a life; for example if someone was trying to kill a person the person would defend themselves and if by accident the attacker is killed the victim would think it is alright that the person is dead. One less criminal in the world. But is it okay for a person to decided who lives and who dies? Is there any reason that justifies taking someone’s life? There is nothing‚ no reason that justifies taking someone’s

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    really is a hell‚ and most people are probably going to hell because of their sin. Even though this was a sermon spoken out loud‚ he uses many different elements of style. Throughout his sermon‚ he speaks in second person‚ uses multiple similes‚ diverse sentence structure‚ includes a happy ending‚ and he has a very narrow-minded view in his opinions. The speaker Jonathan Edwards speaks in second person using words like “you‚” throughout his entire sermon‚ which allows him to directly speak to

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    Sentence Structure Sentence StructureSelected | | | | | | | | | | | | | W2.1 Overview | | | 100% | ReviewW2.1 Overview | | W2.1 Animation | | | 100% | ReviewW2.1 Animation | | W2.1 Recall 1 | | 1 of 2 | 100% | ReviewW2.1 Recall 1 | | W2.1 Post-test | | 2 of 2 | 70% | ReviewW2.1 Post-test | | Fragments FragmentsSelected | | Fragments | | | | | | | | | W2.2 Overview | | | 100% | ReviewW2.2 Overview | | W2.2 Animation | | | 100% | ReviewW2

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    he regretted immediately. D.H. Lawrence describes the snake in the first six stanzas. He used the sibilance ‘Softly drank through his straight gums‚ into his slack long body‚ Silently’ to describe the sound of the snake. The’s’ in the sentences the make the reader think the snake’s hissing sound. And the word ‘fissure’ is describing the sound but it just sound like the hiss of the snake. He use different ways to talk about the hiss of the snake shows‘s’ sound is the symbol of the snake

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    Horses by Edwin Muir

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    The poem Horses by Edwin Muir uses imagery and figurative language to create and associate the the themes such as nature‚ machine‚ power and myth. Edwin Muir uses a variety of language tools such as Paradox‚ simile and metaphor to create a particular effect. He conveys his feelings through the poem and to link to the past. In addition‚ Muir’s use of rhyme scheme with the repetition of words puts emphasis on certain lines which in turn provides development for the tone. The Rhyme scheme for the poem

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