using descriptive language the author allows the reader to create a picture of the story in their head. In the story ¨Stop the Sun¨ by Gary Paulsen‚ the author uses descriptive adjectives and figurative language to develop the setting mood and characters. In ¨Stop the Sun¨‚ the author uses descriptive adjectives to develop the setting and characters. In the story the author described the father’s PTSD attacks as him ¨squirming around on the floor¨ and the son being embarrassed. This helps
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How are the trees used to convey the poet’s thoughts or attitudes in: ‘The Trees Are Down’ by Charlotte Mew Charlotte Mew was an English poet who wrote frequently about the nature in London. The poem deals with the felling of plane trees in Euston Square Gardens‚ London in the early 1920s. There is a clear sense of desolation and loss in this poem‚ a lament for the felling of the great plane trees. The poem has elements of Modernism‚ the disordered rhythm‚ rhyme and syntax mirroring Mew’s
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the English language • subject • predicate • object • predicative (aka complement) • adverbial and adjunct • sentence • clause • phrase Concepts of intra-elemental grammar for the English language • noun • adjective • determiner • verb • adverb • preposition • conjunction • pronoun [edit] Controversy The term is mainly used to distinguish these ideas from those of contemporary linguistics‚ which are intended to apply to a much broader
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Read each passage carefully. Classify each bracketed word(s) as a noun (N)‚ pronoun (PN)‚ verb (V)‚ adjective (A)‚ adverb (AV)‚ conjunction (C)‚ preposition (P)‚ prepositional phrase (PP). Seek the (35) [LORD] while you can find (36) [him]. (37) [Call] on him now while he is near. Let the wicked change their ways and (38) [banish] the (39) [very] (40) [thought] of doing wrong. Let them turn to the (41) [LORD] that he may have mercy on them. Yes‚ turn to our God‚ for he will forgive (42) [generously]
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Morphology ‘If language was just a random collection of words‚ you couldn’t acquire it‚ you couldn’t learn it and you’d be imprisoned in the here and now because you couldn’t talk about what was‚ what might be and what will be…’ You couldn’t construct complete and coherent texts….you’d be in a ‘me Tarzan – you Jane’ situation‚ swinging from the wordtrees‚ pointing at things with little labels on them to try and make your partner understand.’ The myths of grammar (Crystal 2004)
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Name: Myths and Legends L.O. Reading comprehension AA Maud and the Dragon Read the given text carefully‚ then answer the questions using cursive writing and in full sentences. 1. There are several adjectives which describe the size of the dragon in the introduction. Say which two adjectives you think describe it best (remember full sentences!) ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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ho Introduction We are all intimately familiar with at least one language‚ our own. Yet few of us ever stop to consider what we know when we know a language. There is no book that contains the English or Russian or Macedonian language. The words of a language can be listed in a dictionary‚ but not all the sentences‚ and a language consists of these sentences as well as words. Speakers use a finite set of rules to produce and understand an infinite set of “possible” sentences. These
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Unit -1 THE POEM S# Words Meanings 1 Closet A cupboard 2 Heither and theither Here and there 3 Shrivel Shrink 4 Thrust Push 5 Sparkling Shining 6 blunted Not sharp Q: Answer these questions? Q1: What is needed for the twigs to become healthy and strong? Ans: Air‚ water and Sunlight is needed for the twigs to become healthy and strong. Q2: In what ways will the twigs develop if it is cared for? Ans: It will develop in to a tall bush with many flower and leaves. Q3: What
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contracts syphilis‚ get ship wreaked‚ enslaved and even hanged for his ideas. All of which contradict that this world is “the best of all possible worlds” but unlike Candide he remains faithful to his belief that everything happens for a reason. Adjectives: Optimistic‚ Educated‚ Faithful‚ Promiscuous Name: James the Anabaptist Role in the story: Dutch Anabaptist who takes in Candide and Pangloss Significance to the story: James represents the good side of religion as a man who upholds his duty to
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Vocab: Basic adjectives‚ comparatives and superlatives Focus: Comparing things‚ reading‚ writing and speaking. 1. Start by drawing some basic characters on the board‚ a tall thin one‚ a small fat one and a normal one. Give them names that your students will be familiar with and invite students to compare them. John is fatter than Paul‚ Jim is taller than William etc… 2. Give out worksheet and have students work through. Try to explain that small words add er‚ and est‚ whilst longer adjectives have more
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