mentioned that I was not thought with or I just simply forgot about them. Learning grammar was of great help to me as I see grammar as my biggest weakness when it comes to writing. I specifically remember the presentation about proper usage on the apostrophe‚ because I was guilty on using it incorrectly with plural nouns. What I would have liked‚ however‚ is that grammar should have been taught not by the students‚ but by the professor. Some of the presentations seemed very important and essential
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traditional gender roles have been reversed in that Porphyria and her partner is entitled as her “lover”. In this sense‚ the ownership is put completely on her because Browning has chosen to entitle the poem ‘Porphyria’s Lover’‚ using a possessive apostrophe. However‚ throughout the poem‚ the emphasis is put on her lover‚ rather than Porphyria‚ this‚ therefore‚ nullifies any preconceptions that Porphyria is the central character‚ as‚ after all‚ it is the actions of the lover that bring about the events
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broken? The Exclamation Mark (Exclamation Point) [!] Rule: Use an exclamation mark at the end of an exclamatory expression. Examples: • I hate him! • Run for your life! The Apostrophe [’] Rules: 1. Use an apostrophe to show omission. 2. Use an apostrophe to show possession. Showing Omission Examples: • I + am = I’m • They + are = they’re • Are + not = aren’t • Over = o’er (more artistic form in poetry and lyrics)
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(proverb quoted by Christopher Moltisanti‚ The Sopranos) ❖ "The operation is over. On the table‚ the knife lies spent‚ on its side‚ the bloody meal smear-dried upon its flanks. The knife rests." (Richard Selzer‚ "The Knife") 4. Apostrophe ❖ "Blue Moon‚ you saw me standing alone Without a dream in my heart Without a love of my own." (Lorenz Hart‚ "Blue Moon") ❖ "Hello darkness‚ my old friend I’ve come to talk
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using “like” or “as.” Example: “Sorrow like a ceaseless rain / beats upon my heart.” 3) Personification: granting human characteristics to something that is not human. Example: “Vine leaves tap my window‚ / Dew-drops sing to the garden stones” 4) Apostrophe: addressing an inanimate object as if it were living. Example: “Oh overshoes‚ / don’t you / remember me‚ / pushing you up and down / in the winter snow?” 5) Hyperbole: deliberate exaggeration for effect‚ usually for emphasis. Example: “Do I dare
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Table of of Contents TableContents INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................3 SPELLING MISTAKES ....................................................................................4 USAGE MISTAKES .......................................................................................15 GRAMMAR MISTAKES ................................................................................31 PUNCTUATION MISTAKES ...............
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outcast forever from her loved ones and society as whole (939). Antigone begins calling out to her city saying “O you mock me!” personifying Thebes‚ giving the city power over herself; power to judge her transgressions (930). Antigone uses many apostrophes as she calls out to Thebes for forgiveness‚ in a tone of phony admiration. Throughout the entire passage Antigone repeats the interjection “O” as she cries out for someone to save her from her doomed fate. As she continues she makes many references
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midnight" by closing our eyes and protecting us from the light:" shutting with careful fingers and benign our gloom pleas’d eye. Indeed‚ throughout the poem‚ we see that John Keats personifies sleep‚ when he gives "him" "careful fingers" but also with apostrophes such as "O soft embalmer"‚ as if sleep could hear the calls of the narrator. The personification is laso seen by the reader when the speaker asks sleep that if it pleases him‚ sleep may close his eyes‚ begging him to do so. which brings sleep to
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In Henry IV Part II William Shakespeare uses diction‚ syntax‚ and imagery to convey King Henry’s state of mind. The King starts his soliloquy questioning why he cannot sleep when the peasants can. He continues by addressing sleep though apostrophe. King Henry questions as to “...how have I frighted thee” (3). Shakespeare uses diction to emphasize how desperate the King is to sleep‚ and how respectful he is to sleep. Henry politely calls sleep “gentle” (2) and “Nature’s soft nurse” (3). Even though
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