Jessie Armstrong

Jessie Armstrong
Final
12/18/2011
PART 1
(1) In media res is usually used in the middle of short stories at a crucial time in the action. In media res uses dramatic action, which sets up the characters and situations.
(2) Suspense is used in short stories to make the reader feel for the characters and desire a certain outcome. Suspense is the anxiety of a certain outcome.
(3) Irony is the use of words to express a meaning that is contradictory of its literal meaning. Irony is important in short stories because it helps the writer and audience has a shared understanding. The author can grab the audience’s attention by confusing them through Irony.
(4) Epiphany is a sudden realization. In short stories Epiphany can be used by showing a character has had a sudden flash of recognition in which someone or something is seen in a new light.

Part 2) Distinguish between the following pairs and give an example of each
SLANG AND CLICHÉ- Cliché is an expression that has been worn out through constant use. Although they are common in speech, they make writing seem stale. Slang is an informal nonstandard vocabulary composed typically of coinages, arbitrarily changed words, and extravagant, forced, or facetious figures of speech
Examples: clichés: last but not least Slang: When Paul tried to put the move on Maria, she told him to shove off.
Denotation and Connotative- Denotation refers to the literal meaning of a word, the dictionary definition. However, connotative is the meaning of a word exists together with the denotative meaning. It refers to the associations that are connected to a certain word or the emotional suggestions related to that word
Example: Denotative meaning of snake is any of numerous scaly, legless, sometimes venomous reptiles having a long, tapering, cylindrical body and found in most tropical and temperate regions. The connotative meaning of snake is “evil or danger”.
EUPHEMISM AND FANCY WORDS- Euphemism is the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression that may suggest something unpleasant. Fancy words are the use of large rarely used words.
Example: Euphemism: Cashed in their coins ( Means dead), fancy words: antediluvian, peripatetic, or hagiography
PART 3 (1) Give three uses of the comma and a sentence illustrating each:

Between independent clauses when the independent clauses in a sentence are joined by coordinating conjunction (and, but, or, or nor) use comma to separate.
Example: The Company has an office in Racine, and it is planning to open another in Eau Claire
In a series unless all the items are joined by conjunctions, use a comma after all but the last item in a series of three or more items.
Example: She will be out of the office on Monday, Tuesday, and Friday of next week.
In addresses within a sentence, use a comma after the name of the addressee, the street name, the city name, and the state name.
Example: Please write to Ms. Audrey M. Greene, 2244 Lakeside Road, Dothan, Alabama 36305, as soon as possible.
(2) Give two uses of the semicolon and a sentence illustrating each
Use the semicolon to connect two independent clauses not linked by a coordinating conjunction.
Example: Some people prefer to pay cash; others prefer credit cards.
Use the semicolon to separate coordinate elements that are internally punctuated by a comma.
Example: I need to write better; however, grammar bores me.
(3) Give one use of the colon and a sentence illustrating that use Use before a list or an explanation that is preceded by a clause that can stand by itself.
Example: The charter review committee now includes the following people: the mayor, the chief of police, the fire chief, the chair of the town council.
(4) Give one use of the dash and a sentence illustrating that use.
Use a dash to take the place of the more formal colon, particularly when you want to emphasize a point.
Example: Students were asked to bring their own supplies—paper, pencils, and calculator.

PART 4
BOOK: Kelly, P., & Semler, L. (2010). Word and self estranged in english texts, 1550-1660. Burlington,
VT: Ashgate Publishing Company.
Magazine: Gordon, Matt. "The New Ferrari." Car and Driver May-Jun. 2005: 17-20
Simple Web editor with article: Kemmer, S. (2004). Words in english: A brief history in english,with chronology. Retrieved from: http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~kemmer/Words04/history.
Article from a journal: Halpern SD, Ubel PA, Caplan AL. Solid-organ transplantation in HIV-infected patients. N Engl J Med. 2002 Jul 25;347(4):284-7.

PART 5:
With the English language having so many different spelling rules, several methods are taken in order to form a broader vocabulary. One way to expand one’s vocabulary is to get the picture. Seeing images for word’s can help humans comprehend with the words of the English language. Another method used to expand one’s vocabulary is too learning the word parts from Latin and Greek. Doing so allows one to have an initial understanding of new words.
PART 6:
(1) a. Leading the parade, she felt all her hard work had paid off. b. Leading the parade can be a proud moment for a drum major.
The comma in the first sentence shows useless information and makes the reader pause after “leading the parade”. If there was a comma in the second sentence after “leading the parade”, then there wouldn’t be an independent clause.
a. It was a dark and stormy night.
b. It was a dark, stormy night.

a. He had finally found the lifestyle he really liked; now he could concentrate on living it.
b. He had finally found the lifestyle he really liked, and now he could concentrate on living it.

PART 7: (1) The oglewop farsted the pinnawan. I would say this phrase is grammatical correct, but I think the words are too fancy. Just by reading the sentence I have no clue of the meaning. However, it sounds like a complete thought. (2) I ain’t goin’. No, this is not grammatically correct. This is a slang term and the word “ain’t and goin’” should never be used.
I refuse to go. Yes, this is grammatically correct. It is a short sentence, but expresses a complete thought and could stand alone.
Refuse go to I. No, this is not grammatically correct. It is a fragment.