The federal theatre project is a traveling exhibition, it may be coming to your city. how is the comma used incorrectly in the sentence above? the comma attempts to separate a compound predicate. the comma attempts to join two independent clauses. the comma attempts to set apart an essential element. the comma attempts to separate a compound subject.

Writing about thing people usually do

Read the following excerpt from life on the mississippi by mark twain. no girl could withstand his charms. he "cut out" every boy in the village. when his boat blew up at last, it diffused a tranquil contentment among us such as we had not known for months. but when he came home the next week, alive, renowned, and appeared in church all battered up and bandaged, a shining hero, stared at and wondered over by everybody, it seemed to us that the partiality of providence for an undeserving reptile had reached a point where it was open to criticism. how does twain's use of understatement serve his purpose? be sure to use specific details from the text to support your answer.

This excerpt is from the poet by alfred lord tennyson the poem describes a poets consciousness and perception which three lines suggests the richness of a poets thoughts