Order of Adjectives & Comma Use with Paired Adjectives In English‚ it is common to use more than one adjective before a noun. For example‚ we can write "He’s a funny young boy‚" or "She’s a smart‚ energetic woman." When you use more than one adjective‚ you have to put them in the right order‚ according to type. It is correct to write‚ "I have a small red car"‚ but it is not correct to write‚ "I have a red small car". When you use two adjectives together‚ you sometimes use "and" between them and you
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Ayoshna Ganesh Mrs. Stafford—Zero Hour AP English Literature—Comprehension questions 12 September 2013 “A Pair of Tickets” 1. The use of the train ride into a city in China provides and an appropriate introduction to the narrator “becoming Chinese‚” because it symbolizes the journey she is having. Plus most people reflect on things during longer trips and it gives her a chance to reflect on things that her mom has said and what her mom has done for her. In turn it provides a reader about the
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From the first breath of life‚ people begin to develop a sense of who they are. Cultural heritage is the source of identity and the key to what sets nations apart from one another. Amy Tan’s short story “A Pair of Tickets” illustrates the journey that a mother and a daughter face trying to understand the different cultures and perspectives of the Chinese and American way of thinking. Through the use of setting and theme‚ Tan demonstrates the importance of family‚ heritage‚ and identity. From a young
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"A Pair of Tickets" A message I think the author Amy Tan is trying to give in "A Pair of Tickets" is the importance of knowing your heritage. The beginning starts off with a young lady named Jing Mei and her father on a train in China to visit their estranged family for the first time in years‚ but it’ll be Jei Ming first time ever. Jing Mei never felt like she had Chinese in her at all‚ because
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The short story ’A Pair of Tickets’ is a component of a novel ’The Joy Luck Club’ by Amy Tan which focuses on a woman fulfilling the lifelong wish of her mother. The title symbolizes the discovery of the narrator’s identity‚ and the soul of her emotional nature and feelings towards her mother. The setting in this story changes the soul of the narrator as she begins to discover things about herself and her two different cultures. As the story progresses‚ she begins to question things in her life
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Ally Condie’s Matched: A portrayal of a totalitarian society Anyone reading Ally Condie’s Matched in this time and age has probably noticed the patterns of dystopian love fiction many times: the love triangle‚ the teenage girl protagonist‚ the clichés‚ and a villain who is powerful and controls the society. There is a constantly growing book pile of dystopian literature yet new ones are still made. Condie merges the reader and the characters and grounds us in a strange world where the Society holds
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Matched By Ally Condie Although it seems that the world is perfect now that that things have been filtered out‚ is it possible for things to go wrong in the Society? Cassia has just been Matched and its to her best friend‚ Xander‚ but she feels an incredibly strong pull to another boy named‚ Ky. When the Society controls your whole life‚ can you really oppose them? They choose who you love‚ wear you work and when you die. It’s not even a thought that will cross your mind to disobey them
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wise person once said‚ “All you can do is be brave enough. You fought. You loved. You lost. Walk tall.” Life is full of making decision you have to know when to keep quite and when to speak up. The book Matched is a must-read; it teaches a lesson about standing up for who you love. In the book Matched‚ Ally Condle uses conflict to teach the reader that society doesn’t know what is best for you. For example‚ the author says “ Cassia had a second match turns out to be Ky and as soon Cassia and Ky were
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In the dystopian book Matched by Ally Condie‚ Cassia‚ a girl who just turned 17 got matched with her best friend Xander.But due to a mistake‚ another boy that Cassia knew popped up while reviewing her Match’s information. She starts to worry about having two matches‚ but an activity brings Cassia and Ky‚ her “other match”‚ together‚ which gave Cassia the chance to get to know Ky better. They start to fall in love and go against the rules of society. The theme of the book is that love can overcome
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In the book Matched‚ by Allie Condie‚ Cassia Reyes is transformed through the decisions that she has to make for not only her future‚ but the future of others as well. In the beginning of this book‚ Cassia is head over heals for her new to be match Xander Carrow‚ but that all changes with the click of a single button. Late one night‚ Cassia had decided to look at the micro card that was given to her with information about Xander‚ once the card was put into her port‚ two different faces appear on
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