The finishing point constructed by Twain is: when the old man is about to finish the story of Jim Smiley's jumping frog, another individual interrupts him. The narrator tries to leave the place, but the old man reaches it. The story ends with the old man who starts telling the narrator about a yellow cow with only one eye of Jim Smiley.
A nonrestrictive modifier adds information that is not essential for the reader to understand the sentence. In case the nonrestrictive modifier is eliminated, the meaning would remain the same. Only nonrestrictive modifiers are separated by commas. Taking this into account, the sentences that contain correctly punctuated nonrestrictive modifiers are:
- My oldest sister, Maria, is a pilot - If we remove <em>Maria</em>, we can still identify which sister we are talking about.
- My two best friends, Tory and Monica, met me at the movies - If we remove <em>Tory and Monica</em>, we can still identify which two people we are referring to.
- Bulldogs, which I love, are the cutest! - If we remove <em>which I love</em>, we can still identify which dogs we are talking about.
False. IT is the repetition of the first syllable. I wish rappers would utilize this device more, becuase when they do it sounds awesome! :-)
Exercise 1 Draw one line under each simple subject and two lines under each simple
predicate. In the blank identify the kind of sentence by writing dec. (declarative), imp.
(imperative), int (interrogative), or exc. (exclamatory).
How cold this winter has been!
1. The store sent the customer the wrong package.
2. Show me your hall pass.
3. The captain and the crew of the starship Enterprise were very experienced.
4. How much did you pay for that dress?
5. There is smoke coming from under that door!
6. Susan went to the library to gather information for her report.
7. Please don't cut in front of the line.
8. Does anyone know where his office is located?
9. Our senator campaigned to become president.
10. Their new house withstood the hurricane better than the last one.
It's so hard I can't answer it either, sorry
