Parts of speech

1 Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, (rhyme a) 2 With conquering limbs astride from land to land; (b) 3 Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand (b) 4 A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame (a) 5 Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name (a) 6 Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand (b) 7 Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command (b) 8 The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame*. (a) 9 "Keep, ancient lands, your storied

The Age of Realism and Naturalism The three strong advocates of 19th century American realism • William Dean Howells (critic)豪威尔斯 • Henry James 詹姆斯 • Mark Twain 马克• 吐温 Background • The Civil War marked a deterioration of American moral values. • Increasing industrialization and mechanization produced extremes of wealth and poverty. • The romantic view of man in the New World began to lose its hold on the imagination of the people. • By the 1870s New England

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de Guerre française — c’est la fameuse MRT des apprentis-généraux ; « Préparation d’une action militaire » au cours supérieur interarmées ; « Methode zur Entscheidungsvorereitung » à l’École de guerre allemande ; « Appreciation of Situation » chez les Anglais ; « Estimate of the Situation » à l’U.S. Army Command and General Staff College de Fort Leavenworth, Kansas ; etc. et (illisible) chez les Japonais. Toutes ces méthodes ont la même structure : l’environnement politique ; la situation militaire

discours » (FRIES, Structure of English, 1952] part of speech part of speech, in traditional English grammar, any one of about eight major classes of words, based on the parts of speech of ancient Greek and Latin. The parts of speech are noun, verb, adjective, adverb, interjection, preposition, conjunction, and pronoun. Some grammarians add articles, quantifiers, and numerals. These word classes have traditional definitions in grammar books, i.e., “a noun is the name of a person, place, or thing”

not a single button sewn on as the Bond Street tailors would have it. Life is not a series of gig lamps symmetrically arranged; but a luminous halo, a semi-transparent envelope surrounding us from the beginning of consciousness to the end. Is it not the task of the novelist to convey this varying, this unknown and uncircumcised spirit, whatever aberration or complexity it may display, with as little mixture of the alien and external as possible? » Le roman moderne reflète l’idée que « la seule

during … The passage is a detailed account of … The point in question in the passage is … The main idea of the passage is … Parfois, l'idée est énoncée dans la première phrase ou le premier paragraphe : The subject of the passage as stated in the first sentence (paragraph) is … Opinions differ about X but if we are to believe the autor... According to the writer … On peut commencer par un mot clé : We must start with a clear definition of the word X... The very title (the very word

deals with all the powers and the principal branch which is the congress composed of the house of representatives and the senate. So it’s extremely powerful once you are elected for what you are empowered to. Article 2 : it deals with the executive power : it’s the President. There was a paranoia in XVIII century because of a fear the monarchic dictatorship. Article 3 : it deals with the judiciary branch of the government : it’s the supreme court. When it was created in 1787, it was not very

“One can lack any of the qualities of an organizer – with one exception – and still be effective and successful. That exception is the art of communication. It does not matter what you know about anything if you cannot communicate to your people. In that event you are not even a failure. You’re just not there. Communication with others takes place when they understand what you’re trying to get across to them. If they don’t understand, then you are not communicating regardless of your words, pictures

Compréhension de l’écrit + expression Complete the paragraphs using the words provided. regardless of • warned • bombers • determined The terrorist group had ....................................... the government that they would send suicide ......................... into crowded public areas. They were ....................................... to achieve their aims .............................. the loss of human life. critically • cope • casualties • emergency • in shock The local ..............