Oaky Hair 'And Prim Face'

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nouns because they are referring to only one object. Other examples of singular nouns in the story are the following: queen, bathing suit, sun, head, neck, apron, spaghetti, applesauce, and sewer. Adjectives and adverbs are a type of function as well, and they also show up in literature. Adjectives modify nouns, while adverbs help modify verbs, adjectives and in some cases othter adverbs. In the sentence “She had sort of oaky hair that the sun and salt had bleached, done up in a bun that was unravelling, and a kind of prim face” (Updike, A&P), given the definition for adjectives, one can conclude that the words “oaky”, and “prim”. These two words help describe the nouns “hair” and “face”. An example of an adverb found in A&P is in the following …show more content…

In this instance, the word “suddenly” works as an adverb because it is referring to the manner in which Queenie spoke. Additionally, another example of an adverb is in the following sentence: “All this while, the customers had been showing up with their carts but, you know, sheep, seeing a scene, they had all bunched up on Stokesie, who shook open a paper bag as gently as peeling a peach, not wanting to miss a word” (Updike, A&P). The word “gently” refers once again to the manner in which Stokesie shook open the paper bag. Adverbs don’t just modify the manner in which something is done, they also …show more content…

Prepositions “are words that join one word or phrase to another” (Rodby 33), while conjunctions “join sentence elements or sentences” (Rodby 33). An example of a preposition can be found in the following sentence: “He comes over and says, "Girls, this isn't the beach" (Updike, A&P). The word “over” functions as a preposition, because it connects the phrases “he comes”, and “and says”. The three types of conjunctions coordinating, subordinating, and correlative. Subordinating conjunctions “join dependent clauses to main clauses”, while coordinating conjunctions “join independent clauses or phrases”, and “correlative conjunctions are pairs of words that join phrases” (Rodby 266). Words like “and”, “or”, “but”, “nor”, “for”, “so”, and “yet are classified as coordinating. Common subordinating conjunction words are the following: after, although, as, because, before, how, if, once, since, than, that, though, until, when, where, whether, and while. Common word pairs that make up correlative conjunctions are “both…and”, “either…or”, “neither…nor”, and “whether…or”. There are no examples of correlative conjunctions in A&P, but coordinating, and subordinating conjunctions can both be seen within the story. The sentence “I thought and said "No" but it wasn't about that I was thinking” (Updike, A&P) contains a coordinating conjunction because the word “but” joins the independent clause “I

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