GRAMMAR II: GRADED HOMEWORK #1 SET OF QUESTIONS: What is a sentence? How can it be defined? Provide examples. Explain. What is a phrase? Provide examples. Explain. What is a clause? Provide examples. Explain. What is the difference between a clause and a phrase? Provide examples. Explain. What is a compound sentence? How is it defined? What characterizes a compound sentence? Provide examples. Explain. What is a coordinate sentence? Provide examples. Explain. What are coordinators (coordinating
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parallelism. The results are extracted from a corpus-assisted reading and sampled textual analysis of her work. It shows that Woolfian parallelism is defined by an abundance of antithetical and synonymous lexical bundles‚ juxtaposed propositional phrases‚ -ing participles and appositional structures. Those structures constitute her special sentential development which is marked by the rhetoric of opposition‚ the rhetoric of simultaneity and progression‚ and the rhetoric of specificity. It is concluded
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in this book makes it seem like there’s plenty of complex sentences‚ due to McCourt’s lack of quotation marks. There were not many verbal phrases noticeable throughout the work. Since people naturally use prepositional phrases while telling a story‚ there were a decent amount of prepositional phrases written throughout the memoir. An example of a prepositional phrase is “When you have your father to yourself by the fire in the morning you don’t need Cuchulain or the Angel on the Seventh Step or
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_________________________________________________________________________ Part 1 Answer the following questions in complete sentences. (Each question is worth two points) 1. Write a sentence that includes a noun phrase. Indicate the noun phrase by placing it in italics. Then‚ rewrite the sentence showing the phrase acting as a noun. Type your response here: Has anyone seen an old‚ big‚ brown dog? 2. Write a two- or three-sentence character description that fits the trickster archetype. Type your response here:
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are employed‚ and the author’s sentence endings with elaborate appositions and prepositional phrases provide an effective way to describe the surroundings and evoke moods‚ serving to generate suspense as well as to create interest and expectation on the part of the reader. Index Terms—lexical category‚ adjective‚ lexical cluster‚ grammatical category‚ sentence structure‚ appositional phrase‚ prepositional phrase Stylistic analysis is an attempt to find the artistic principles underlying a
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be understood based upon the meanings of the individual parts in isolation‚ but rather it must be taken as a whole. In other words‚ the meaning is non-compositional and thus unpredictable. Phrasal verbs that include a preposition are known as prepositional verbs and phrasal verbs that include a particle are also known as particle verbs. Additional alternative terms for phrasal verb are compound verb‚ verb-adverb combination‚ verb-particle construction‚ two-part word/verb‚ and three-part word/verb(depending
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conjunction 2.4 Phrase(woordgroep) 2.5 Word(woord) = lexical item simple or compound 2.6 Morpheme(morfeem) smallest meaningful unit of grammar free or bound cats: 2 morphemes (cat + s) 4 phonemes /kӕts/ 3. Categories in Grammatical Analysis: form‚ function‚ meaning 3.1 Form (or Formal) Categories 1) Sentence level: simple‚ compound‚ complex‚ complex compound‚ compound complex 2) Clause level: main clause‚ subclause‚ finite‚ non-finite‚ …3) Phrase level: noun phrase‚ adjective phrase‚ prepositional
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Emily Benzing Mrs. Bogati July 16‚ 2013 Vocabulary 1. Alliteration- The repetition of a particular sound or letter at the beginning of a series of words or phrases. Ex: Bob bought big brown bagels. 2. Allusion- An indirect mention or reference to something else. Ex: Obama made an allusion to John F. Kennedy when he said “ask not just what our government can do for us‚ but what we can do for ourselves” 3. Anaphora- Repetition of a word or words at the beginning of two or more
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English 10 Final Examination—Practice Test Name____________________________ Date_____________________________ Instructor_________________________ A. Parts of Speech. Above each of the underlined words indicate whether it is a noun (N)‚ pronoun (Pro)‚ verb (V)‚ adjective (Adj)‚ adverb (Adv)‚ preposition (Prep)‚ or conjunction (Conj). One (1) point each. 1. As a young reader‚ he enjoyed comic books and magazines. 2. The Emancipation Proclamation called for the release of slaves in
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Conjunctions You use a co-ordinating conjunction ("and‚" "but‚" "or‚" "nor‚" "for‚" "so‚" or "yet") to join individual words‚ phrases‚ and independent clauses. Note that you can also use the conjunctions "but" and "for" as prepositions. Subordinating Conjunctions A subordinating conjunction introduces a dependent clause and indicates the nature of the relationship among the independent clause(s) and the dependent clause(s). The most common subordinating conjunctions are "after‚" "although
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