Apostrophe

correct spellings of words and rules of grammar. In the English grammar book, Eats, Shoots & Leaves, the author, Lynne Truss, emphasizes the importance of the proper usage of particular punctuation marks, which includes but is not limited to the apostrophe, the comma, and dashes along with the difference between American English and British English punctuation.…

Don’t Get Caught Making These 10 Common Writing Mistakes, Or Else I know, right? Rules sometimes hinder creativity. This is the reason why some writers don’t like to follow rules on grammar and sentence construction. It’s so hard to play with words if you have to think about the restrictions. But if you 're writing a book or a formal paper, then you need to stick to the rules. There’s no other way to do it since you 're writing for a larger audience and much more formal audience. Now, if you…

questions whether his race makes his preferences differ from that of other races. He concludes that everyone is connected and that we all can stand to benefit from each other. Hughes uses apostrophe and understatement in an attempt to bring attention to the barriers between races. First, Hughes uses apostrophe through the student writing to his instructor for most of the poem. By having the student address the teacher, Hughes addresses the reader as well. This makes…

In “London, 1802”, Wordsworth directly addresses John Milton through apostrophe – “Milton! thou shouldst be living at this hour…” (Wordsworth 1). Syntactically, the exclamation point suggests that Wordsworth has an urgent tone; he is determined that London can still be saved with the right leader. Dunbar, however, begins with, “Ah, Douglass, we have fall’n on evil days…” (Dunbar 1). The apostrophe in “Douglass” has a more somber tone than that of “London, 1802”: the word “ah” serves…

most famous lines said by Juliet: 'O Romeo, Romeo! Wherefore art thou Romeo?” Shakespeare uses this phrase as his opening sentence to the romantic speech of Juliet. Juliet speaks in apostrophe using a literal device (An Apostrophe is in which you address someone who is absent or dead. And in this case the apostrophe is used to mention Romeo as Juliet thinks he is not present at the scene.) When Juliet says the rest of the phrases she portrays a greatly significant part of the play in front of…

an event that occurs towards the beginning of this strain. She uses her husband’s description and their interaction as a canvas to paint her subject matter into physical form, combining the physical and emotional. Olds’ uses simile, metaphor, and apostrophe to describe her husband as a “lord,” and through these comparisons she shows admiration towards her husband (9). However, there seems to be a void where attraction between the two used to exist, even hinting at animosity caused by the…

Eumaeus, the swineherd of Odysseus, is an important character that Homer depicts within the poem of The Odyssey, and one very interesting aspect of this character is his characterization of loyalty. Homer establishes loyalty as a strong and vital characteristic of Eumaeus through the passage in Book Fourteen in which the swineherd is introduced into the poem, approximately from lines 40 through 85. This portrayal of the theme of loyalty through the character of Eumaeus is a crucial aspect of The…

Day 56 I. Revision • Tell which of the sentences are masculine, feminine and neutral gender: 1. Queen bee rests in her beehive. 2. One shoe is missing. 3. Earth rotates around the sun. 4. She is a very kind princess. 5. The waiter was very patient. 6. Akbar was the great Mughal emperor. 7. That is a pretty glowing jar. 8. There stand a beautiful black horse. 9. Peter is a great doctor. 10. The bed is round in shape. II. Importance of sharing and caring When you are caring towards someone, it…

“Go Your Own Way”, and the group’s only number one single, “Dreams”. (Keens 1) Nicks wrote “Dreams” during the Rumors sessions during a brief escape from the hostile recording environment after hearing “Go Your Own Way”. In the song Nicks uses apostrophe, repetition, and diction to show that men, like Buckingham may be momentarily happy to end their relationship, but will eventually regret what they lost. Throughout…

(19) Just like a mother, she worries for her offspring to get in the wrong hands or go into the wrong place without her knowledge. Another literary form expressed in this would be the use of symbolism. Symbolism is paired with personification and apostrophe and ties in with the main theme of mother and child relations. “Who after birth didst by my side remain” (2) which symbolizes the creation of the work. This can also be referred back to how a mother, after just giving birth, will try and…