The Picture of Dorian Gray: A Summary
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Chapter 1-2
Lord Henry visits Basil Hallward’s house, where Basil is painting a portrait. Lord Henry admires the portrait’s beauty, suggesting it be displayed in an art gallery. Basil demurs, stating the painting holds a part of his soul. He reveals the subject is Dorian Gray, a young man with whom Basil is infatuated but uncertain of his feelings. Lord Henry desires an introduction to Dorian, but Basil hesitates. The servant announces Dorian’s arrival.
Chapter 3
Lord Henry,
Read MoreSyntactic Analysis of Sentences: A Comprehensive Guide
Syntactic Analysis
To analyze a sentence syntactically, we first identify the verb. Ask “Who performs the action of the verb?” The answer is the subject. The rest is automatically the predicate.
Subject Phrase
The subject phrase consists of:
- Nucleus (N): Always a noun, pronoun, or infinitive.
- Determinant (Det.): Any kind of determiner: article, possessive, demonstrative, etc. It goes with the noun.
- Adjective (Adj.): An adjective that modifies the noun.
- Apposition (App.): A noun that is not preceded by
Language and Linguistic Diversity
1 – Language and Language Diversity
Language = human power through words to communicate. It is
what distinguishes us from other living beings.
• Linguistic Family, Language, and Dialect
All languages proceed from a mother language.
Languages that proceed from the same mother language have affinities
and form linguistic families. For example, Spanish, Latin, French, and Italian are related.
Tongue:
A system of verbal signs used to communicate and express oneself within a community
of speakers. It is characterized
Read MoreThe Diversity of Language: From Standard to Slang
1. Language and Linguistic Diversity
Language equals power. Humans, through words, communicate. This is what sets us apart from other species.
Linguistic Family, Language, and Dialect
All languages descend from other languages. Modern languages proceed from older ones, and these older languages have affinities that form linguistic families. For example, Spanish, Latin, French, and Italian are related.
Tongue
A system of verbal signs used to communicate and express oneself within a community of speakers.
Read MoreVocabulary Related to Sports and Shopping
Sports
General Terms
- Be disqualified: Ser descalificado
- Be knocked out: Ser eliminado
- Boo off: Abuchear
- Carry on: Seguir adelante
- Champion/Championship: Campeón/Campeonato
- Cheer on: Animar
- Competition/Competitor: Competición/Competidor
- Crowd: Multitud
- Diver: Buzo
- Drop out: Abandonar
- Endurance: Resistencia
- Event/Final: Evento/Final
- Get through: Llegar al final
- Give up: Rendirse
- League title: Título de liga
- Participant: Participante
- Qualify: Calificar
- Race/Rider: Carrera/Ciclista
- Sign up: Registrarse
- Spectator/Stadium: