Grammatical tense

the last two lines in DD. This rhythme scheme is an important feature to the poem as it moves forward while envisioning the past. The word “have” being repeated throughout the poem is a great example as the speaker talks in a present tense tone using past tense words. Another important feature of Frost’s poem is the iambic pentameter of ten syllables for each line. Pairing stressed syllables after unstressed syllables for a steady rhythm similar to a heartbeat or footsteps. The form of…

write an essay that’s not just average. I still have a lot to learn since my essays are still flawed in several areas. I believe that I need more practice on basics such as punctuation, grammar, vocabulary, making sure I write in literary present tense, and developing a strong thesis. I’m more comfortable with organizing topics, developing…

The poem “Africa” by Maya Angelou seems to represent a woman and her beauty in the first stanza and then transitions into referring to the whole continent of Africa. Angelou describes the hardships of violence and slavery Africa has underwent over the years. She also refers to the fact the religion had been forced upon the people of Africa. Although Africa has been through a lot, it refuses to let that stop it from becoming a thriving continent. Africa will rise up and move on from these awful…

the imperative? (Listen to your parents.) Select the verb that is conjugated into present continuous: Rather than shoes, I _________ sandals. (am wearing) Identify the verb tense or mood of the bolded word(s): Don't stop believing! (imperative) To discuss activities that are currently in progress, which verb tense would you use? (present continuous) Identify the error in the following sentence:…

Greeks, describes action, from which we can deduce further that it has a subject, and it indicates time. Most often, the Indo-European languages divide time into three divisions – present, past, and future. Greek, however, seems to have too many tenses. Dionysios Thrax explains that the past has four subdivisions: the imperfect, perfect, pluperfect, and aorist. In addition, “among these, there are three groups: present to imperfect, perfect to pluperfect, and aorist to future.” Although this…

wishing to relive experiences lost, and thus losing the ones in the present. He continues to emphasize this difference in outlooks and resultant discrepancies in appreciating the present through verb tense. White reflects that there “had been jollity and peace and goodness” and continues to employ the past tense when describing his experiences at the lake. The syntactical move creates the unspoken conclusion that since there once had been, something is now lost, revealing the nostalgic aches of…

Yeats’s poem ‘’Leda and the Swan’’ and Dorothy Hewitt’s ‘’Grave Fairytale’’ have content that is both mythological and violently sexual. In Yeats’ poem the speaker retells a story from Greek mythology. It is that of the rape of Leda by Zeus. In Hewitt’s poem, the speaker creates a new version of Rapunzel’s fairytale. This essay will discuss the relationship between mythology/ folklore, violence and sex through the analysis of both poems. In Yeats’ poem, the speaker resents the rape scene,…

more about how you felt when your mom left and how important it is to you that your dad was able to take care of you without help. You have dialogue in the first paragraph and it does a great job at enhancing the essay. 7. The story is mostly in past tense with exception to the concluding paragraph. The events are placed in the correct order and the correct paragraphs. I do not see any reason to relocate any sentences. I see a sufficient number of transitional phrases. 8. Most of the sentences…

Carmen is in second-grade student, she is currently having challenges reading and is performing at a kindergarten reading level. When starting the assessment with Carmen, based on previous assessments, I knew her reading level was below second-grade reading level. Her reading over assessment has seen improvement and she is able to apply skills she has learned. Carmen was able to read Walk in the Fall and The First Snow. She demonstrated improvement in her reading based on the reading techniques…

Santiago was already in for the night and he wasn’t so Placida locks him out and he is then killed. Even though Santiago is stabbed a bunch he was still able to walk to his neighbor’s home where he then fell dead. This chapter is written more in a past tense and it clearly lays out the death with vivid imagery on the event of Santiago’s death as expressed when the novella says, “holding his hanging intestines in his hands” (119). In conclusion, chapters one, two and three are similar in the…