also uses a lot of diverse similes‚ “as much bitter snow in the streets‚ as if” and “drunken revellers stirring like they.” A simile is a figure of speech that directly compares two things through connective words such as; "like"‚ "as"‚ "than"‚ or a verb such as "resembles". The similes in this piece are very effective as they act as a comparison between things which are generally not alike. The similes in this piece also help to explain ideas to the reader and they work to make the narrative more
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BIBLIOGRAPHY Barber‚ C. 2000. The English Language. A Historical Introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Baugh‚ A. and T. Cable. 2002. A History of the English Language‚ 5th edition. London: Routledge. Bejan‚ N. and Elena Asandei. 1981. Contemporary English Language: Syntax and Lexicology. Galaţi: Editura Universităţii din Galaţi. Brook‚ G. L. 1981. Words in Everyday Life. London: The Macmillan Press. Cannon‚ G. 1987. Historical Change and English
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a) snow stretching without break Semantics: the transference of the mode of action; common semantic characteristic – duration of the process; Originality: genuine; Expressiveness: the gap between associated modes is quite wide; Syntactic function: verb; Vividness: vivid‚ the reality is shown in underlining that the action is really long; Elaboration of the created image: single metaphor. b) devouring prairie Semantics: the transference of the typical characterization; common semantic characteristic
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✓ serbia alert over mladic protests So‚ while rendering newspaper headlines from Ukrainian into English mind the following grammar rules: |A |Headlines are not always complete sentences. Many of them consist of noun phrases with no verb. | | |кількість загиблих у результаті торнадо в штаті міссурі вже досягла 139 осіб | | |missouri tornado death toll
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ASSIMILATION ESTABLISHED PROGRESSIVE ASSIMILATION OF VOICE Due to economy of effort all sounds are affected by their environment to some extent. This economy of effort may occur at the vocal bands or result from the accomodation between two articulations. Most nouns add an orthographic s to make their plural form: book- books‚ dog-dogs. However‚ the pronunciation of the plural morpheme varies according to the noun to which it is added. The general rule is that the plural morpheme must agree
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Spoon is used as a verb‚ a noun and was mention more than several times throughout chapters six through eight. In a war novel when people are slaughtered on a daily basis the frequent usage of spoon seemed a bit out of syntax unless Vonnegut was trying to point out or emphasis through usage of the word spoon. In chapter six‚ the American soldiers was spooning each other for warmth. This passage made the American soldiers seemed vulnerable and humane. It has given them a more feminine twist
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ENGL 100 M17 Grammar Terms and Examples Noun-A person‚ thing‚ or idea. Example: Dog Subject-The part of a sentence that is who or what the sentence is about. Frank ran to the store. Verb-An action. Frank ran to the store. Predicate-The part of a sentence which modifies the subject. The dog is yellow. Subordinating Conjuction-A word which connects an independent and a dependent clause. Example:Although
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forms (if applicable); make sure it’s clear which words can be substituted and which are “set in stone”. * Vocabulary – label the item e.g. adjective‚ phrasal verb etc; irregular past forms‚ common collocations‚ etc. * Functional Language – show which parts are “set in stone” and which parts can be changed e.g.? Would you mind + verb+ing (present participle) + object? c) Highlight key pronunciation features. Use phonemic script where useful. * word or sentence stress‚ * weak
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b)when c)since 10.If you……………..blue with yellow‚you get green. a)will mix b)mix c)are mixing 2p II.Put the verbs in brackets into the present simple‚present continuous‚present perfect‚or present perfect continuous tense 1.John…………………………(not come) in today.He ……………………………..(work)all night. 2…………………………………………(you/hear)?A property developer…………………… .(build)some luxury
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FREN 1001 - QUIZ#2 (Ch.3) –Wednesday‚ October 16th - Format et programme de révisions I. Listening comprehension (26 pts) A. Write down what time it is using the American time system (am or pm). (10 pts‚ 5 times‚ 2 pts each) You hear/I say : « Il est 7h35 du matin » You write 7:35 AM Révisez l’heure + expressions pour parler de l’heure p. 118-119 B. Questions personnelles. Answer the following questions in full French sentences. (10/2/ 5 questions) Révisez « prendre‚ apprendre‚ comprendre »
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