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A. Have you noticed how hard she works? B. Anna is always working hard at home. C. Anna is a hardworking and versatile person. D. Anna works hard every day of her life. 5. When writing, you can most effectively use a dash A. in place of an exclamation point. B. to get the reader 's attention. C. to add a formal touch to a sentence. D. in place of a semicolon. 6. A thesaurus is a book that 's useful for finding A. definitions. B. famous persons. C. synonyms. D. frequently misspelled words

Commentary on the text provided for analysis The text is an excerpt from the graphic novel Tintin and the Cigars of the Pharaohs, showcasing the exploits of the titular character Tintin. It follows his latest escapade in an Arab country, and seems to tell a fast-paced action adventure story. Hence, its purpose is mainly to entertain its audience (which would presumably consist of the readers interested in reading such stories, especially in comic book style), and this essay will explore how the

Richard Wagner “I write music with an exclamation point!” Richard Wagner was titled many things in his lifetime. He was a German anti-semitic composer, theatre director and a polemicist ( Richard Wagner Biography). Today, he is mainly known for his operas. Unlike most composers, Wagner wrote both libretto and music for each of his stage performances. He initially established his reputation as a composer that wrote romantic music. Wagner revolutionized opera through his concept of the Gesamtkunstwerk

Sentences with full stop (.) will be talking. Sentences with exclamation mark (!) will be exclaiming/ talking loudly. Sentences with FULL CAPS and exclamation mark (!) is shouting. e.g. Mandrake: "Hello! I am exclaiming! Now, I am talking normally. Then I... SHOUT! SHOUT! SHOUT!" The * * signs. Any text in them is speech by the character in the form of whispering. Sentences with full stop (.) will be normal whispering. Sentences with exclamation mark (!) will be whispering loudly. e.g. Mandrake: *I am

provides quite a bit of valuable information about punctuation. It expresses the different emotions and impressions associated with the use of various punctuation marks in writing. For example, the beginning of the essay defines question marks and exclamation points as “indicators of tone” rather than stops. This means that they convey an attitude instead of just ending a sentence, which makes sense when one considers how these types of sentences are read aloud. Later in the essay, author Lewis Thomas

YouTube of a man holding up pieces of paper with different words on them. The man would keep changing the pieces of paper and on most of the pieces of paper there were exclamation marks on them. The Aim of the video was to count how many exclamation marks were on the pieces of paper. Participants had to focus on counting the exclamation marks throughout the video. Whilst different objects were moving or appearing in background.There were three different ages that participated in the experiment with

“Shall be constrained to honor us though dead!”, in line eight is the first example of caesura because of the exclamation mark. The exclamation mark is not only stylish, it shows aggression and power by making a declarative statement. The narrator is trying to say his people will not be forgotten, even if they are all killed in battle. The usage of caesura in the form of an exclamation mark continues to line nine when the narrator says, “O kinsmen! We must meet the common foe!”. In this example

cause. McKay uses hopeful words and exclamation marks to rally his people to fight back for the cause. McKay used this tactic when he says, “We must meet the common foe!” (l. 9), to show that the oppressors are equal to them. This in turn encourages the African-Americans that they do have a chance to fight back. The emphasis with the exclamation points, and the encouraging words give the reader a sense of hope that the fight is possible. In the poem, exclamations serve the purpose of motivating the

of a semicolon. Moreover, the fact that Thomas implements a relaxed simile it gives the reader the impression that semicolons peaceful effect on readers. Additionally, Thomas continues the use the use of tropes through similes to showcase that exclamation marks make the reader feel “like being forced to watch someone else's small child jumping up and down crazily in the center of the living room shouting to attract attention”(Thomas 208). Here Thomas’ simile evokes another image to show the

a "lewd minx" (3.3.533). As the play progresses, he begins using this animal imagery more often.   In addition, Shakespeare adds exclamation marks after many of Othello's words. Before this point, few exclamation marks marked the text. Thus the reader might assume the excitement in Othello's voice. An actor would surely make note of these exclamation marks. The calm Othello has begun his descent into a raging Othello.   Furthermore, he calls on "black vengeance, from the hollow