Menu Print NAME CLASS Language Handbook DATE 8 Sentence Structure WORKSHEET 1 Identifying Sentences and Sentence Fragments (Rule 8 a) Exercise A Decide whether each of the following word groups is a sentence or a sentence fragment. Remember: A sentence contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought. If the word group is a sentence‚ write S on the line provided. If it is a sentence fragment‚ write F. F 1. Because canoeing can be dangerous. S
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ENG4U1 Seminar Essays : Thought and Style Mary Meigs Essay Thought Purpose ‚ Audience & Point of View • The purpose of this essay was to convey to the reader that tales of the old are all feminist. The author uses three main points throughout the essay: Eve’s apples‚ Pandora’s Box‚ and Bluebeard’s wives. • The target audience of this essay was somebody who understood the tales‚ because the author doesn’t retell them throughout the essay. • This essay is written in a first person point of view
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Proverbs are wise sayings that address the heart of the discourse in any given context‚ truthfully and objectively. In Africa and in Nigerian cultures especially‚ they are considered the reliable horses‚ which convey meanings to their destinations or hearts of the listeners. This study investigates aspects of the meaning of proverbs in the work of a Nigerian author‚ Achebe’s Things Fall Apart. It is contended that meanings of Nigerian proverbs can be worked out within the semantic‚ referential‚ ideational
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are hungry” in sentence 2 of paragraph 3. 10. Compare the probable rhetorical effect of paragraph 4 at the time it was written (1854—pre-Civil War‚ pre-technological communication) with its effect today. 11. Sometimes even the slightest stylistic feature can work effectively as a rhetorical strategy. What is the effect of the alliterative 7. What paradox does Thoreau develop concerning the railroad in paragraph 2? 8. Paragraph 3 begins with a rhetorical question. How effectively
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Steps to Text Analysis Recommended Steps in Text Analysis Introduction: briefly define the text type (the functional style and the genre)‚ the topic‚ the problems raised‚ the cultural and historical background of the author and his text. Useful tips: The first step includes defining the type of the text you are analyzing. Does the text represent fiction/belles lettres style/non-fiction? Is it a whole text or an extract? If it is fiction what genre does the text represent? It should be noted that
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Types-Linguo-stylistics-is a science of functional styles and expressive potential of lg. Literary st-sdudies the style of various writers or literary movements‚ it deals with study of real text with the aim of discovering how content is expressed due to deviation of the norm.Decoding st is engaged in the study of the esthetic value of a text based on the interaction of specific textual elements‚ SD and compositional structure in the delivering the authers message.Contrastive st studies the stylistic resources
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The fee’s members pay to stay in the society‚ which in turn sponsors luncheons and events. In addition to the associates of this society‚ there are also officers‚ treasurers‚ secretaries‚ a vice president‚ and president (“Bylaws”). With the help of these officials‚ the Langston Hughes Society continues to run and use the donations
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19th century and was one of the first artists to approach modern and postmodern-life subjects‚ he was a pivotal figure in the transition from Realism to Impressionism. Many of his earlier works‚ such as Luncheon on the Grass (Le déjeuner sur l’herbe) and Olympia‚ caused much controversy. Luncheon on the Grass was particularly discredited by society‚ that it was exhibited in the Salon des Refusés (Salon of the rejected). The work juxtaposes a naked women to a couple of fully dressed men‚ which affronted
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Sabrina Rotondo 1 Tellinghuisen Period 6 AP Language and Composition Explotation of Power Throughout “The Narrative of Fredrick Douglass” John Alcton‚ an English Catholic historian‚ politician‚ and writer spoke these words of practicality‚ “Power tends to corrupt‚ and absolute power corrupts absolutely”. As was spoken in a letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton in 1887.
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A Sample of Complex Stylistic Analysis J. Galsworthy. The Broken Boot (E.M. Zeltin et. Al. English Graduation Course‚ 1972‚ pp.88-89: finishing with the words ".. .walked side by side.") Text Interpretation The passage under analysis is taken from John Galsworthy’s story "The Broken Boot". It is about an actor whose name is Gilbert Caister. For six months he had been without a job and a proper meal. He ran into a man whom he had come to know in a convalescent camp‚ a man who thought a
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