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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A real world example of a conjunction search is trying to find a particular brand and flavor of soup at the grocery store. This is a conjunction search because there are several similarities in what you are looking for and the distractions (in this case other cans of soup that you don’t want) around it. All of the soup cans are relatively similar in size, shape, and color, but there are small differences
An example would be “Looking back at our history…” Since, it emphasizes the importance of our history. Antithesis was also used in the speech, which are opposing terms to help show differences between phases. For example, “We are divided, we are weak, we decline, yet when we are united, we are strong…” An allusion was obtained by stating the Declaration of Independence which shows the reference of history in our nation. Chiasmus is a verbal pattern when two clauses are balanced by reverse use of language. For instance, “If you want to go fast,go alone,but if you want to go far, go
Parallelism is briefly several parts of a sentence, that are expressed in similar grammatical form to show that the ideas are equal in importance. King states on page 4, paragraph 1,“...when you have seen hate filled policemen curse, kick and even kill your black brothers and sisters; when you see the vast majority of your twenty
Kingsolver uses short sentences to add emphasis in her writings. In doing so, she limits the amount of distractions, because her sentences are short enriching the details in them. At the first page of Orleanna’s episode, her second paragraph already enthuses the level of surprises suspense toward her readers: “First, picture the forest...sucking life out of death” (5). For example, Orleanna begins personifying forest as “forest [eating] itself” (5), and using simile to add human characteristics to animals: “brindled bark like muscular animals overgrown” (5). Kingsolver, however, also contribute many powerful use of literary devices to create the setting, such as the use of metaphors. The constant reference to green mamba snake alludes to Adam and Eve, where Kingsolver disintegrate the purity of Ruth May. Through the ranges of the novel, Kingsolver specifically creates Leah with more to say, which means there are more paragraphs in her perspective. From the start of the novel, Kingsolver structures Adah’s sentences differently and unique from the other protagonist, because Kingsolver uses Adah’s condition to evolve in a much stronger diction. For example, one of her first paragraph begins with “SUNRISE TANTALIZE, evil eyes hypnotize: that is the morning, Congo pink...the shinny black-line clipped into pieces” (30). Although Adah’s powerful diction emphasizes Congo, Rachel’s malapropism constructs the limited knowledge she actually has for the real world, which also causes to mature slower: “They are Episopotamians” (167). In doing so, the use of short sentences create imagery, which Kingsolver inputs the tension and the diction while in each episode. With that being said, Kingsolver uses structure to carry out her literary techniques to unfoil the significance of Congo’s Independence, while demonstrating the effect of multiple narrations in the
Details provide a closer look on allegories and archetypes. Oates gives very intricate details throughout the whole story in order to convey different things. A prime example of a detailed description that presents allegories and archetypes is the description of Arnold Friend. His car is painted gold, he had a smooth, grasping smile, persuading words. Arnold also wore glasses. You can tell a lot about a person by looking at their eyes, why would he hide his? He wore a detailed outfit that hid who he really was. From the very start as a reader we see that Arnold represents much
through the connection of hair to culture. In the poem, Alexie calls attention to the pressure
Parallelism is a repetition of words, phrases, or sentences that have the same grammatical structure or that state a similar idea. We first see the phrase “what can one do” when the main character describes her husband’s insensitivity toward her sickness. She says “You see, he does not believe I am sick! And what can one do?” She continues to describe how her husband has reassured relatives that she has a “temporary nervous depression—A slight hysterical tendency—what is one to do?” Finally, she opens up about her disapproval of the treatment and insensitivity but changes her mind and goes on to say “but what can one do” (Gilman, “The Yellow Wallpaper" 1)? The repetition of the phrase creates an emotional effect on the readers particularly those who are women. Gilman uses the repetition of such a phrase to create a sense of helplessness and to show how much John has an effect on the main character’s mind. Throughout the passage, the reader can constantly see the main character desiring one thing then changing her mind. She repeats phrases like “but John says,” or “but John laughs.” (Gilman, “The Yellow Wallpaper" 2). A clear example of this is shown when the narrator says “I sometimes fancy that in my condition, if I had less opposition and more society and stimulus – but John says the very worst thing I can do is to think
However, there were several parts of this story that I found to parallel my own
The figurative language that she uses in this poem is assonance and alliteration. In line 10 “shanty-fied shotgun is an example of alliteration (two words with the same constant sound). “ In the first stanza where it talks about her skin tone, “light bright…white” (3-4) is an example of assonance because there’s a rhyme scheme in those
This story consists of many syntaxes. Syntax is the physical structure of a sentence, usually manipulated by the author to achieve a certain tone. For example, in paragraph thirteen, the story states, “And yet she had loved him--sometimes.” The author had intentionally
apostrophe, extended metaphor, and irony, in order to develop the speaker as a character. Those three poetic devices are particularly evident in lines 65-79 of"Lady Lazarus."
To begin, the poem, “Eve’s Apology,” uses many different poetic devices such as alliteration, assonance, rhyme scheme, and simile. The author uses a great number of alliteration, which is the repetition of constant sounds generally at the beginnings of words. Alliteration can be seen in the words “what” and “weakness” in line 3. Some more examples of alliteration throughout the poem are “subtle serpent’s” (23), “he had him” (24), and “with words which” (30). Assonance, the repetition of the same or similar vowel sounds in stressed syllables that end with different consonant sounds, is another poetic device that the author uses greatly. Some examples of assonance are found in lines 10 “ The ‘p...
Rule number two exemplifies comma placement when dealing with three or more terms. Strunk and White say that in “a series of three or more terms with a single conjunction, use a comma after each term except the last” (Strunk and White, 2). One example they use to demonstrate this is
This is done both linguistically and in the running themes, as both Pwyll and Culhwch are in pursuit of a woman. And in order to succeed, they are both faced with repetitive obstacles and this is emphasized through alliteration in the language and similar sequencing. Pwyll’s quest is significantly less climactic however, as he sort of caves in at the end and just asks the woman to stop. Culhwch however has a much more taxing journey so when he succeeds, the outcome is much more cathartic for the