Essays Tagged: "Pronoun"

Reports discussing "My Antonia's points" by Villa Cather

w of Willa Cather's fictional friend, Jim Burden. He writes in the first person, and his use of the pronoun 'I' makes you feel his personal involvement. The point of view is immediate and subjective. ...

(4 pages) 77 0 3.0 Mar/1997

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

This is french revision notes for GCSE standerd students on french grammer Ie pronoun preposition conjunction etc.

g. Quickly). Many adverbs in English end in '-ly'.A preposition is a word placed before a noun or a pronoun to indicate time, place or condition (eg. On the table.)A conjunction is a word that links t ... nce (eg. He was eating and drinking.) The most common conjunctions in English are 'and' and 'but'.A pronoun is a word that stands in place of a noun. In the sentence above, we could replace the noun ' ...

(2 pages) 39 0 4.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies > Grammar

Karl Marx's theory of alienation

requisite to understanding Marx's essay. Alien stems from the Latin adjective (sometimes used as a pronoun) alienus, aliena, alienum, denoting that the noun being modified by alienus, a, um, belongs ...

(2 pages) 169 0 1.7 Apr/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

Vague Pronoun reference

A vague pronoun reference is not as complicated as the words sound. What happens when you have a vague prono ... or lesbian marriage. The regulation of homosexual marriages is a classic example of discrimination.Pronouns are substitutes for nouns. The word a pronoun refers to is an antecedent. A pronoun should ... The word a pronoun refers to is an antecedent. A pronoun should refer clearly to its antecedent. A pronoun's reference will be unclear if a person cannot determine which noun the pronoun actually rep ...

(1 pages) 46 1 4.7 Jun/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Education

The Parts of Speech

The Parts of Speech are:The NounThe PronounThe AdjectiveThe VerbThe AdverbThe PrepositionThe ConjunctionThe InterjectionThe NounA noun i ... ES: Italy, Burj Al Arab, schoolTHINGS: key, frog, Voyager 2, deskIDEAS: knowledge, success, loveThe PronounA pronoun is a word used in a place of one or more nouns or pronouns.EXAMPLES:*Emily Dickinso ... s time at Amherst.** Emily Dickinson took few trips; she spent most of her time at Amherst.Types of PronounsPersonal PronounsReflexive PronounsDemonstrative PronounsInterrogative PronounsRelative Pron ...

(1 pages) 18 0 3.0 Aug/2005

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies

Sharon Olds and Confessional Poetry

. The subject matter focused on extremely intimate details of the writers' lives and introduced the pronoun "I" to poetry.One of the most prominent examples of a confessional poet is Sharon Olds, howe ...

(7 pages) 31 0 0.0 May/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

"Love in the Time of Cholera" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez - stylistic analysis

ses from the first person point of view. This is viewed in the first person because the author uses pronouns such as "we" and "my" in the story. To have pronouns such as "we" and "my" is the definitio ... he speaker's viewpoint. It includes simple present words such as is. There is usage of first person pronouns such as "my". Here, we can clearly view the mother as being a person who is untruthful and ...

(3 pages) 34 0 0.0 Jul/2006

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

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ossesses is his excessive arrogance. One way this flaw is displayed is Oedipus' repeated use of the pronoun "I". In lines sixty seven through eighty alone, Oedipus uses the word "I" eight times, proje ...

(5 pages) 5 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature

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ossesses is his excessive arrogance. One way this flaw is displayed is Oedipus' repeated use of the pronoun "I". In lines sixty seven through eighty alone, Oedipus uses the word "I" eight times, proje ...

(5 pages) 1139 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature

Gender And Language

o be more conciencious of sexism in language, one should be aware of the areas concerning nouns and pronouns.For example occupational titles that have the word ?man? in them, such as fireman and sales ... ted success in adopting the suffix -person for -man in words like ?chairman? and ?congressman.? For pronouns, Merriam-Webster states that, ?Feminists have merely given new emphasis to an old problem,? ...

(3 pages) 12 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors

Gender And Language

o be more conciencious of sexism in language, one should be aware of the areas concerning nouns and pronouns.For example occupational titles that have the word "man" in them, such as fireman and sales ... ted success in adopting the suffix -person for -man in words like "chairman" and "congressman." For pronouns, Merriam-Webster states that, "Feminists have merely given new emphasis to an old problem," ...

(3 pages) 13 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors

An analysis of oratory

ar against. Saddam Hussein used the most followed by Hitler. Saddam Hussein uses lots of 2nd person pronouns ordering his people to act on the situation at hand. “We have come to expect you and y ... o expect you and your people and the Arab nation are calling upon you”. He also uses inclusive pronouns, to show that he is with the audience in fighting the Americans. “God foiled the aggre ...

(4 pages) 1040 0 1.0 Oct/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Analysis of literary features on Cat's eye by Margaret Atwood.

’re impervious, we scintillate, we are thirteen’- the use and repetition of the inclusive pronoun ‘we’ further highlights their alikeness. Even though they are friends, the reader ...

(3 pages) 3921 0 0.0 Dec/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Parts of Speech

Traditional grammar classifies words based on eight parts of speech: the verb, the noun, the pronoun, the adjective, the adverb, the preposition, the conjunction, and the interjection.Each part ... ect is "Bridget."We walk down the street.In this sentence, "walk" is a verb, and its subject is the pronoun "we."The mail carrier stood on the walk.In this example, "walk" is a noun, which is part of ...

(5 pages) 4027 0 0.0 May/2009

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies

Nominal word-combinations

peech to which the head word belongs there may be: noun phrases, verbal phrases, adjective phrases, pronoun phrases, adverb phrases. It should be mentioned that noun phrases, as well as verb ones, are ... ned, etc.).V. The pre-posed adjunct of the noun-phrases in ME can be represented by an adjective, a pronoun, a numeral participle I or II and a noun (either with or without the -s morpheme). Thus, in ...

(3 pages) 6 0 0.0 Oct/2014

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies > Grammar

Nominal word-combinations

peech to which the head word belongs there may be: noun phrases, verbal phrases, adjective phrases, pronoun phrases, adverb phrases. It should be mentioned that noun phrases, as well as verb ones, are ... ned, etc.).V. The pre-posed adjunct of the noun-phrases in ME can be represented by an adjective, a pronoun, a numeral participle I or II and a noun (either with or without the -s morpheme). Thus, in ...

(3 pages) 2 0 0.0 Oct/2014

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies > Grammar