Adverb

“supplicant,” in contrast, both denote weakness. In pronouncing Mrs. Miller a “goddess” and Mrs. Carteret a “supplicant,” Chesnutt is also alerting his readers to the existence of a (racialized) moral imbalance. Chesnutt reiterates the notion of Mrs. Carteret’s being an exceptionally cold-hearted woman by having Mrs. Miller openly affirm that “All my life you[, Mrs. Carteret,] have hated and scorned and despised me.” The adjectives Mrs. Miller employs in this assertion – “hated and scorned and despised” – all carry incredibly powerful and incredibly negative denotations. In response to Mrs. Miller’s accusations, Mrs. Carteret speaks haltingly and “tremulously, dazed,” clasping her hands together in “an imploring gesture”; the adjectives and adverbs Chesnutt employs here all denote senses of subservience and weakness. (It is also interesting to note that, while Mrs. Miller is referred to as Janet, Mrs. Carteret is never referred to by her first name. It almost seems as if Chesnutt – who has no qualms about Mrs. Miller – is refusing to even associate with Mrs.…

“I dwell in Possibility,” begins Emily Dickinson’s poem of the same name: “A fairer House than Prose” (1-2). That poetry is as beautiful and as powerful as its possibilities are unbounded is, in fact, intimated throughout the entirety of Dickinson’s poem; indeed, Dickinson almost seems to have written “I dwell in Possibility” entirely in response to a personal and remarkably fervent desire to see poetry being celebrated for its “numerous” merits and virtues (3). It is interesting to note that…

Lesson 4 Classic Tales Adjectives and Adverbs In the following sentences, cross out the incorrect words and write in the correct form in the blanks. If the sentence is correct as it is, write "correct" in the blank. 1. Terry plays soccer as good as Brian._______________ 2. This was surely a relaxing weekend.__________________ 4. Jane reacts more polite than Joan.________________ 5. Jane and are Amy are siblings, but they behave very different.___________ 6. I felt bad about my grades on…

The thing that caught my eye the most in The Tell-Tale Heart is the constant use of repetition of adverbs and adjectives to not only intensify the occurrence but to place and draw the reader deeper in the mad mind of the narrator. The narrator is carefully planning the murder of the old man that he felt had an evil eye, the reality of the eye being evil and being the eye of vulture is not the focus of the story, we follow the narrator's logic and perception. The reader is made aware of the…

more difficult to "show" them. The use of adjectives, and adverbs even more so, is intimately linked to the “telling” of a story. How did he ask her? *Desperately*. How did she walk? *Casually*. It takes a little more effort on the writer’s part to think of strong verbs that could replace lazy adverbs. *He pleaded*. *She sauntered*. It requires still more effort, and perhaps a little ingenuity, to effectively "show" readers “the tired child” using physical detail,…

Commentary on the Death of Candy's Dog In the passage from John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men, Carlson, one of the workers on the ranch, convinces Candy to allow him to kill his dog because it is too foul-smelling, old, and physically disabled to keep around. Slim, George, and Whit, the other three men in the bunkhouse, do not disapprove of Carlson’s desire to rid of the mutt, and Candy reluctantly agrees. In the extract, Steinbeck characterizes Candy as mentally and physically weak and passive…

to the Swales and Feak (2012), the authors do not employ "you" to address the readers in the sentences, such as the sentence "The contents of elements in tea were affected not only by growth environment but also by the technology of manufacturing process". In my discipline, scholars especially prefer to illustrate results, tables or charts with the passive voice. In terms of adverb placement, Swales and Feak (2012) declare that adverbs are mainly put in the middle of sentences in place of in the…

Tymia Ballard 09/02/14 Create Your Own Mad Libs 3rd period/Mrs. Shipp Quick Review Just in case you forgot what nouns, adverbs, adjectives, and verbs were: *A NOUN is word, phrase, or clause that names a person, place, thing, or idea. Taco Bell, computer, London, and Sarah are nouns. *A VERB is an action word. Walk, talk, and eat are examples of verb. *An ADJECTIVE is a word, phrase, or clause that specifies, limits, or modifies nouns or pronouns. Pretty, beautiful, green, hard, and lucky are…

claimed, "hyperemotional," adverbs of emotion (such as "amiably," "abjectly," "coldly," "angrily," etc.) were studied. That emotion is often expressed verbally or nominally is true; the expression of emotion via adverbs is only one means. Nonetheless, the two groups ' use of adverbs of emotion is startlingly different in fiction and scarcely different at all in non-fiction…But if another type of adverb is examined, the adverb of pace (such as "gradually," "hastily," "slowly," etc.), a reverse…

Stephen King is a highly successful and popular author. He has written many stories and novels using what he calls “ 22 lessons on How to be a Good Writer”. There is strong evidence of Rule 8 “Avoid adverbs and long paragraphs with no flow”, Rule 10 “master the art of description”, and Rule 11 “Don’t give too much background information” in his stories “ The body” and “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption”. In these stories, it is clear that he takes his rules seriously. King…