Highway To Success with Charles Dube
Understand these terms; imagery. Imagery is exactly what it says. Some examples of imagery: metaphor: a comparison in which one thing becomes another; she is my sunshine. Personification – a type of metaphor in which the subject is made into a person: the lady moon smiles. Simile; a comparison using “like” or “as”: he ran as fast as a cheetah. Symbol- an object represents an idea: the dove of peace. Pathetic fallacy – something emotionless is given feelings: “the wind wept”.
Rhyme – words with similar sounds as their endings: sing/ring/ (may appear within the lines as well at the end). Onomatopoeia –words that sound like the thing they describe: “clatter and clunk”. Assonance and consonance – assonance repeats vowel sounds and consonance repeats consonant sounds. (Boozy juice). Alliteration – the same sound is repeated at the start of words close to each other: swan swims”.
Connotation- the different associations words suggest to the reader, beyond the dictionary definition. Using punctuation: The Semicolon. A semicolon separates sentence elements. It indicates a more definite break than a comma does, but not as abrupt a break as a period. Use a semicolon to separate the items of a series if one or more of these items contains commas. They came from the competition with the first prize of a free trip to Victoria Falls, second prize, a gift certificate; and third prize, a free meal.
Use a semicolon to join the parts of a compound sentence if no co-ordinating conjunction is used. Remember that a semicolon may be used only if the clauses are closely related.
Admire pumped air into the tire it was flat. Use a semicolon before a conjunctive adverb that joins the clauses in a compound sentence. Note that, in this case, the adverb is followed by a comma. Matabeleland South is a dry province, nevertheless, it does rain occasionally.
Examples of conjunctive Adverbs: therefore, however, otherwise, consequently, besides, nevertheless, moreover.
The hyphen: Use a hyphen between the syllables divided at the end of a line. Every member of his family attended his grad-uation ceremony. Use a hyphen in compound numbers from twenty-one to ninety-nine. –thirty-eight candles. Use a hyphen in fractions: one–fifth of the population.
Use a hyphen in certain compound nouns: father-in-law and drive–in. Use a hyphen between the words that make up a compound adjective when the modifier is used before a noun: Six-speed mountain bike.
Word breaks: To determine if a word needs a hyphen, look it up in a dictionary. Use these rules for hyphenating a word at the end of a line: 1. A word may be divided only between syllables. Therefore only words with two or more syllables may be hyphenated. 2. At least two letters of the hyphenated word must fall on each line.
Collective nouns: Choose the most suitable collective noun from the list below to complete the sentences that follow: canteen, band, troupe, library, cluster, squadron, plague, and choir. 1. The – of dancers was more popular than the – of singers. 2. The archives have an extensive – – of books. 3. One great fear the Gweru farmer had was a – – of locusts. 4. During the ceremony, a – — of aircraft flew overhead while a – – – of musicians played. The gifts of a royal couple included a – – – of diamonds in a necklace and a – – – of silver cutlery.
Abstract nouns: Identify abstract nouns in the following sentences: (a) Everyone praised the sailors for their courage. (b) Solomon is admired for his wisdom. (c) Pride comes before a fall. (d) Greed and envy are two qualities which no one likes. (e) My grandfather always reminded me of the importance of courtesy and obedience.
By filling in the missing letters, form abstract nouns from the following words: cruel – cruel – -. Coward – – -e, hungry – – -r, poor – -po – – – – y. Friend – friend – – – -, stupid – stup – – -t -. Deceive – dece- t. vain – van – -y.
Vocabulary practice: Form abstract nouns from the following adjectives and use them in sentences of your own. Example: brave –bravery, success – successful. Opposite, hostile, failed, friendly, human, believable, powerful, cowardly, dangerous and able.
Make the following adjectives opposite in meaning by adding as: un, mis, dis, il and in fortunate, fortune, suitable, capable, legal, edible, loyal, understand, legible, mistakable, complete, agreement, expert, expected, and excusable.
Collective nouns are names given to groups or collections of things of the same kind. For example: a flock of birds, a pack of cards, and a flight of stairs. Her sister gave her a bouquet of flowers and a set of glasses for her birthday.
Choose the collective noun usually used to name the following groups of things; from the list below: canteen, colony, platoon, cast, constellation, troupe, and school. (a) a – of whales; a – of ants; a – of dancers, a – of cutlery, a – of soldiers, a –of stars, a –of lions, a – of actors.
Enjoy the exercises given today.
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