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Literary work in which the expression of feelings and ideas is given intensity by the use of distinctive style and rhythm
If you feel like reading American poetry, click --> A Poem a Day for American High Schools
Friday 21 December 2018
Thursday 20 December 2018
Food Phrasal Verbs
Learn cooking, eating, and food related phrasal verbs in this English lesson with your English teacher Lucy.
Get ready for Christmas!!!
Get ready for Christmas!!!
Wednesday 19 December 2018
We apologize for any inconvenience caused by...
Instead of SAID...
Anger: Shouted, bellowed, yelled, snapped, cautioned, rebuked.
Affection: Consoled, comforted, reassured, admired, soothed.
Excitement: Shouted, yelled, babbled, gushed, exclaimed.
Fear: Whispered, stuttered, stammered, gasped, urged, hissed, babbled, blurted.
Determination: Declared, insisted, maintained, commanded.
Happiness: Sighed, murmured, gushed, laughed.
Sadness: Cried, mumbled, sobbed, sighed, lamented.
Conflict: Jabbed, sneered, rebuked, hissed, scolded, demanded, threatened, insinuated, spat, glowered.
Making up: Apologised, relented, agreed, reassured, placated, assented.
Amusement Teased, joked, laughed, chuckled, chortled, sniggered, tittered, guffawed, giggled, roared.
Storytelling: Related, recounted, continued, emphasized, remembered, recalled, resumed, concluded
From: Now Novel Blog
Tuesday 18 December 2018
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Friday 14 December 2018
The Big Night | Sainsbury's Ad | Christmas 2018
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Monday 10 December 2018
Mistakes in Article Writing
Check writing article typical mistakes here.
If you don't know where you make your mistakes, that's your worst mistake: not knowing where your mistakes are at.
Meek Mill
If you don't know where you make your mistakes, that's your worst mistake: not knowing where your mistakes are at.
Meek Mill
Friday 7 December 2018
Adverbial Phrases
We often use a comma to separate multiword adverbial phrases or clauses from the rest of the sentence when the phrase or clause comes first. In these next examples you’ll recognize a dependent clause, a prepositional phrase, a participial phrase, and an infinitive phrase.
1. Use a comma after prepositional phrases of five or more words:
On the counter sat a bundle of old letters. (fewer than five words)
From the elevator’s control panel, red paint dripped like blood. (five or more words)
- When the clock strikes twelve, my dog howls.
- Over the course of a very long night, the surgeon operated on three children.
- Wanting to earn a place on the podium, the runner accepted the steroids.
- To make her decision, Mary studied each option for hours.
1. Use a comma after prepositional phrases of five or more words:
On the counter sat a bundle of old letters. (fewer than five words)
From the elevator’s control panel, red paint dripped like blood. (five or more words)
2. Use a comma to eliminate confusion:
In the contest entries were arranged alphabetically. (confusing)
In the contest, entries were arranged alphabetically. (Without a comma after contest, readers might assume that contest entries was a unit, with contest modifying entries.)
3. Use a comma when a series of prepositional phrases starts the sentence:
During drought and famine, in good times and bad, I’ll be there for you. (A series of two prepositional phrases.)
(from The Editor's Blog A Tale of Adverbs and the Comma)
(from The Editor's Blog A Tale of Adverbs and the Comma)
Thursday 6 December 2018
Wednesday 5 December 2018
KEY to Cloze 3rd Dec.
Tuesday 4 December 2018
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