Wednesday, March 5, 2008

WUP for Wednesday, 3/5

"It is far easier to start something than it is to finish it." --Amelia Earhart (first woman aviator to fly the Atlantic solo)

Do these words strike a chord with you, or do you disagree with them? Explain your response. From your own experience, describe a project that was much easier for you to start than to finish.

Lit Term

Point of view: the perspective from which the story is told.

Vocab

amorphous
: (adj.) shapeless, without definite form; of no particular type or character; without organization, unity, or cohesion
SYNONYMS: formless, unstructured, nebulous
ANTONYMS: definite, well-defined, clear-cut

Punctuation
Use a comma to set off an introductory clause. (The sentence will usually begin with the word since, because, as, although, if, when, or similar words.)
Ex. Because he was going to be late, he took a key with him.
Ex. Since it stopped raining, she no longer needed an umbrella.

If the clause comes at the end of the sentence, it is not introductory, so no comma is used.
Ex. He took a key with him because he was going to be late.
Ex. She no longer needed an umbrella since it stopped raining.

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