Comma

In some cases this is true, with most sentences being simple, with very little connecting punctuation in The House on Mango Street. In “Night Madness Poem” there are commas and hyphens to connect or disconnect words and sentences. This indicates that the narrator would be older, or at least be very good at stringing together long and mature thoughts. It is interesting, however, that the narrator of “Night Madness Poem”…

seconds, with a total of five errors. This placed the student at an independent level, with 96% accuracy. Throughout his reading, he read with minimal expression and appeared to be rushing through this passage. He frequently did not pause for periods or commas, and just continued to read as fast as possible. This is something that needs to be worked on throughout his future as a reader. For the DRA-2 the student’s score for the oral reading fluency was 6 out of 16. Luke is at the end of the…

puzzled me because lines 23-26 and 40-42 are indented on the page and I wondered why the write thought to do this and how it affected the poem. The grammar and punctuation in this poem is very strange because there are very few punctuation, such as commas, and periods. Also none of the words are capitalized. Lastly, the patterns puzzled me because there is no rhyming, metric, or pattern in the stanzas. This was confusing because the poem flows nicely despite there being no visible patterns. This…

learned is to look out for quotation errors and how to cite quotations properly. The things that I found interesting are the short story quotes and how to cite a quote. The things that I didn’t know before are how to cite quotations properly and adding commas to quotations. The reading skills that I improved are reading the question first before anything and using my memory skills to remember important information from the article. It helped me with my literacy skills because I was looking for…

I wrote in this class would be essay two. This is when we chose an advertisement and analyzed the details about it. This is my favorite type of writing because there is little room for error. The biggest mistake you could make is spelling or using commas incorrectly, but that is not the only reason this…

Good literature is defined not only by its writing, but also by the thought provoking conflicts and themes that it can provide. The best works of literature can make readers care about the world and characters or provide thought for long after the book has been put away. These books let readers feel empathy for the characters, and let them reflect on what they represent in the real world, whether it be a specific role, or an attribute of human nature. They provide insight on reality, as they…

Writing novel has been my hobby since I was in ninth grade. I would spend both day and night plotting and creating stories. By seeing my enthusiasm for writing, a teacher recommended me to write for my high school magazine. This opportunity brought me to another level; I discovered myself as someone who loves to leave a short message or advice for my article readers. Moreover, I was also taught how to write different types of essays in my own language, as a Cambodian who uses English as her…

Dulce Et Decorum Est War is one aspect of history that has transcended time since creation of civilization. From the Warring States Period of China to the American Vietnam War, one thought that comes to mind is the lives lost and the bloodshed for country. In Dulce Et Decorum Est, Wilfred Owen illustrates his unhappy feelings towards the unneeded sacrifices of war and the how it relates to the title. Throughout the poem, Owen shows the his purpose of yhexpressing the idea that dying for your…

This exhausting life that I'm currently managing through can only be revealed by the labyrinthine syntax enlisting my busy schedule routine. This daily act has been going on for years and years and hopefully one day by the help of syntax structures, I will be able to cut my routine in half. Or indeed, start of with new sentences to improvise it. With darkness reigning over the atmosphere, I pay no attention to loudness of my alarm clock. Being lazy as always, I continue to sleep soundly as…

losses and how the audience was waiting for the Yankees to drop one and with that he adds emphasis by the rhetorical fragments, “which they did” and “enough.” This allows the reader to understand the audience’s frustration with the Red Sox and the comma in the sentence also adds a pause for dramatic effect. He also uses rhetorical fragments to add a sense of satire when he says, “we loved it.” The “we” he is referring to is the baseball fans and he describes how the audience falls for the high…