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A, AN, THE

WALTER MITTY WAS FED UP WITH HIS WIFE, HE LEFT HER AT THE STORE

AND, OR, BUT

ASKS THE QUESTIONS "WHAT, OR WHOM?"

DELLA HUGS JIM WHEN HE COMES HOME

A STORY THAT DID NOT ACTUALLY HAPPEN

HAUNTED, MR. HERON JUMPS OFF

HELPS THE MAIN VERB BY EXTENDING THE MEANING OF THE VERB

CONTRADICTORY BETWEEN WHAT YOU EXPECT AND REALITY

BUYS DELLA COMBS

OF NOUNS: SUBJECTS, DIRECT OBJECTS, PRONOUNS

JOINS THE SUBJECT WITH A WORD FOLLOWING THE WORD

LIKES TO DAYDREAM

NARRATOR, CHARACTERS DRIVE PLOT, NON-FICTION

WANTED TO CONVEY A MESSAGE THAT AGE DIDNT STOP THE WASHWOMAN

DESCRIBES A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OTHER WORDS IN A SENTENCE

PRONOUNS INTRODUCE RELATIVE CLAUSES

COMPLIMENT: PREDICATE NOMINATIVE, PREDICATE ADJECTIVE

SOFRONIE WAS IRONIC BECAUSE SHE DIDNT LIVE UP TO HER NAME

MRS. MITTY BOSSES WALTER AROUND

YOU: THE SUBJECT IN AN IMPERATIVE SENTENCE

ACTION, LINKING, HELPING

MITTY RUNS ERRANDS FOR HIS WIFE