Apostrophe

Frederick Douglass has a place in this nation’s history as an early social reformer and abolitionist. As a former slave himself, he used his gift of oratory and writing to call attention to the issue of slavery. However, before becoming the statesman that he was known as, Douglass lived a very difficult life as a slave. In his book, “Narrative of the Life of a Slave”, Frederick Douglass shares his experiences as a slave with the reader, as well as expressing his criticism of the white population…

The oldest piece of Roman literature was written by Cato the Elder, however, Plautus, a plebeian wrote 130 plays, all of what was written in the Latin language (Matthews, Noble, & Platt, 2014). He relied on previous New Comedy playwrights, but he improvised into the current time period. Another playwright, Terence, was a slave but he was educated and eventually set free (Matthews et al, 2014). Unlike Plautus, he only created six plays. Plautus and Terence did not have any success, but two poets…

that this was in the past and he is finally moving forward. To display this better, Reynolds also makes use of a metaphor towards the end of the song. The speaker states “I’m an apostrophe / I’m just a symbol to remind you that there’s more to see” (45-46). This shows that he knows that he has worth just like an apostrophe has worth when connecting two words together. This also shows that he is not letting others get him down or tell who he can or can’t be…

During this course, I’ve learned many important qualities of writing that will benefit me in the future. Learning to use correct punctuation, how to paraphrase, write complete paragraphs, avoid sentence fragments, proofreading and listening to each sentence as we read our essays. Although I have to correct issues during our writing assignments, I feel as though my writing skills have improved since this class started. I know with each course that we complete, our writing skills will increase…

“The Castle-Builder” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Characteristics Exemplified: Ambiguity, Metaphors, and Soft Diction Word List: Manifold: With a multitude of branching or interconnected possibilities/things; numerous in quantity Marvels: An awe-inspiring event or item; knick-knacks/assortments of novelty items Upper Air: Referring to the stratosphere or higher, heavens; conscience Analysis: In “The Castle-Builder” Henry Wadsworth Longfellow uses fanciful, rhythmic descriptions of a young…

surrounding the thoughts of a speaker whose seemingly dashed hopes and dreams have led him to question the very meaning and purpose of life. Through the emotionally-charged words spoken by the speaker, the powerful imagery and subtle symbolism, the use of apostrophe, and the juxtaposition created between the two parallel stanzas of the poem, Poe eventually reveals the poem’s skeptical and regretful theme: many elements of a person’s life, specifically the passing of time, are ultimately out of…

The book Sigfried’s Smelly Socks! is a charming tale of a boy with stinky, unwashed socks. He compares the stench of his socks to all the messy, smelly things that has happened to the book. Ranging from food droppings to dirty diapers, nothing from the stench of the book quite compares to the distinct, disgusting smell of his dirty socks. Despite not being as odorous as the things in the book, Sigfried still decides to clean his stinky socks in the strangest way possible. I rate Sigfried’s…

The Shakespeare demonstrates wonderful use of allusion in the second through fourth acts to highlight Macbeth’s downward spiral, as he moves farther and farther from the light of sanity. Finally, in the fourth and fifth acts, use of apostrophe displays the depths Macbeth has fallen to, as well as a few comparisons to his start as a sane man. Macbeth begins Shakespeare’s play riding home from a battle that he had just won. The dialogue Shakespeare provides proves without a doubt that…

In her humorous punctuation manual, Eats, Shoots & Leaves, British author and former BBC Radio 4 host Lynne Truss describes various scenarios in which punctuation can have a major impact on the readability of a written text. The book was published in late 2003, when texting was just becoming part of mainstream communications, perhaps contributing to the demise of punctuation in the United Kingdom and the United States. Truss wrote Eats, Shoots & Leaves not to criticize or condemn technological…

This lesson was taught on January 27, 2017. The learning target was, I can use apostrophes and s or es to show that a possessive noun is singular or plural. My mentor teacher had given the introductory lesson on singular possessive nouns on Monday. Then, she gave a lesson on plural possessive nouns on Tuesday. I designed an activity, giving them practice using both concepts together, for Wednesday. This was the first independant lesson I had done with my class, with exception to a few spelling…