Semicolon

Writers have always been told to write in clear concise sentences, however sometimes the punctuation of the story conveys a deeper meaning. For example “Girl” written by Kincaid uses a string of semi colons to reflect the advice handed down from a mother to a daughter. The structure that Kincaid chose to use illustrates the constant advice that a girl receives over the course of learning how to become a woman. Along with this advice comes judgement and high expectations. The mother expects the girl

”Warren runs to Abby’s side, convicting Proctor of witchery and claiming he made her come to the court to lie because he was the devil, she chooses to be on Abby’s side again to escape the chances of being accused”. In this sentence I did not have a semicolon, so the sentence ran on and did not make total sense. Identically, I used another run-on sentence toward the end of the paper. When I was writing about the trials and the end of the play I wrote about Proctor, “After Proctor confesses and he signs

After two months from that day the steamer boat is repaired, therefore, Marlow left the creek to a bank below Kurtzś station. He began his endless voyage to the inner station, which is considered the ¨the heart of darkness¨. Marlow specifically pays close attention to the ¨impenetrable forest¨. Points out the silence of the forest, does not bring peace but rather so mysterious intentions. Also, contemplated on the Congo River as a representation of time and the further he went the more similar it

In the passage from his short story A Hanging, George Orwell creates a straightforward, weighty style and a pitying, anticipatory tone through mundane eventive verbs and a strong control of the passage of time. Although the first line of the passage does not include these important features, it does act as a pivotal sentence in the greater paragraph, shifting focus to the life remaining in the prisoner. In addition, this sentence establishes the separation between the “he” of the prisoner and the

Another writer that gives out good information is Lewis Thomas. In “Notes on Punctuation”, Thomas talks about all kinds of punctuation. He gives information on the parenthesis, semicolon, colon, dash, comma, exclamation and quotation marks. Before I read his essay I didn’t know what or how to use a Vue 3 semicolon. A semicolon “ tells you that there is … some questions about… preceding full

Comma Splices Results Reporter Out of 10 questions, you answered 9 correctly, for a final grade of 90%. 9 correct (90%) 1 incorrect (10%) 0 unanswered (0%) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your Results: The correct answer for each question is indicated by a . 1 CORRECT One of the following items contains a comma splice, another is a run-on (or fused) sentence, and a third is correct. Click on the item that is correct

Using a semicolon creates a dramatic pause before the last statement, which suggests a strong exclamation, calling out Death in a battle cry. Thus, this interpretation steers one toward embracing the denotation of the poem, which personifies and antagonizes Death

From the lustful feeling consumed within my soul I gained by writing obstructed by the overbearing slaughter of never being good enough, reality struck. I knew I needed to find an English class that would be able to help me overcome my life long writing obstacles and that is exactly what English 100 did for me. Ever since a young age, English has never been my strong point. The most common errors I seemed to struggle with consisted of grammar, putting my thoughts into words, and knowing the difference

contrasts the mother’s views with those of the daughter’s, commenting on the difficulty of preserving history. Oliver introduces the mother and daughters argument in the introduction, “My mother and I debate:,” including a semicolon at the end of the first stanza. The semicolon is used as a layout for the rest of the poem, to show the words following are in fact the debate between the speaker, the daughter, and her mother. The point of view in the daughter shifts the argument in favor of the daughter

know that it is a common problem in my writing. Nevertheless, I was never clear on how to fix the issue. This is the class that has given me the cure to my grammar-ailment. I have learned that I am often misusing semicolons (or not using them when I need them). The review on semicolons finally helped me understand their purpose. With conscious effort, I have much improved my recurring problem of fused sentences. Likewise, the review on colons helped me truly understand how to use colons. I have been