Analysis of Literary Text: Understanding Epithets and Relative Clauses in Descriptive Passages
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Language study, grammar analysis, sentence structure, relative clauses, epithets, prepositional groups
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[...] - « of the answer : prepositional group - « of the cloud : prepositional group - « marin : qualifying adjective epithet - « from the chimney : prepositional group - « of the west" : prepositional group - « humid : qualifying adjective epithet - « organic : qualifying adjective epithet - « heavy : qualifying adjective epithet - « of meanings : prepositional group 3. - « obscur : qualifying adjective epithet - « du Pleyel : prepositional group - « at the reflections : prepositional group" - « of the Seine : prepositional group - « nocturne : qualifying adjective epithet Exercise 9 The subordinate relative clauses (determinative or explanatory), relative pronouns and their antecedents: 1. - « where the air barely sways, heavy, musky : relative pronoun: 'where', its antecedent: 'the paths'; determinative relative subordinate clause. 2. - « which doubles the rhythm of our steps : relative pronoun: its antecedent: 'echo'; determinative relative subordinate clause. [...]
[...] In addition, 'that' completes and is preceded by a verb: 'to assure'. Exercise 11 Relative clauses, their relative pronouns and antecedents: And I go down the stairs [whose last steps sink covered with a more mobile sand than the wave, this living sand [which walks, undulates, digs, flies and creates on the beach, by a windy day, hills [which it levels the next - [whose last steps sink in] : antecedent : 'staircase' ; relative pronoun : 'whose' - [which walks, undulates, digs, flies and creates on the beach, by a windy day, hills that it levels the next day] : antecedent : 'sand' ; relative pronoun : 'which' - [that it levels the next day?] : antecedent : 'hills' ; relative pronoun : 'that, which' Exercise 12 This sentence is an enumeration of several elements described including expansions of the name. [...]
[...] - « what I don't know the name : relative pronoun: 'what', its antecedent: 'name'; explanatory relative subordinate clause. 4. - « where the wind tears, from the moment of their blooming, the rose-striped raincoat . : relative pronoun: 'we will see', its antecedent: 'where'; determinative relative subordinate clause. - « from the moment of their blooming : relative pronoun: 'their', its antecedent: 'blooming'; explanatory relative subordinate clause. Exercise 10 1. - « what I was : relative clause. As 'that' takes up a word from the sentence: 'the vain peacock', it is a relative. 2. [...]
[...] Study of the Language - Verbal Modes Exercise 7 The epithets related, détachées and their nuances: 1. - « amollie » : epithet related; circumstantial nuance of manner. - « of heat and laziness » : disjoint epithet; circumstantial nuance of cause. 2. - « almost unknown » : bound epithet; circumstantial nuance of degree and intensity. - No disjoint epithet in this sentence. 3. - « as of today » : bound epithet; circumstantial nuance of time. - « singular » : unattached epithet; circumstantial nuance of manner. 4. - « dazzled » : attached epithet; circumstantial nuance of manner. [...]
