The Grammar Scroll

  📜Daily Scroll "Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere." — Chinese Proverb Articles Articles -: A, An, The  are articles. These are used before Noun and are Adjectives. These are also known as Determiners.  1. INDEFINTE ARTICLE      - A/An is used to make the noun indefinite or uncertain. For example -           1. There was a king.          2. He saw an  old man.         3. A  dog was barking at night. 2. DEFINTE ARTICLE      - The is used to make the noun definite or certain. For example -          1. The  gold of Nepal is cheap.         2. The  house in which I live is new. NOTE THAT -      ~ A/ An/ The has no word meaning. They have functional meaning.     ~ A/ An is the weak form of "ONE", ad The is the weak form of  "THIS/THAT". USE OF...

  📜Daily Scroll “An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.” — Benjamin Franklin Literary Devices 1. Metaphor - comparison without 'as' and 'like'. 2. Metonymy - figure of speech substituting the name of a related object, person or idea for the subject. 3. Mood - feeling or atmosphere, that is created for the reader by the writer. Connotative words, sensory images and figurative language contribute to the mood of a selection.  4. Motif - unifying element in an artistic work, especially any recurrent image, symbol, theme, character type, subject or narrative details. 5. Oxymoron - figure of speech where two contrasting/contradicting words are used together giving the effect of a condensed paradox. 6. Paradox - situation with obvious contradictions and is nevertheless true. 7. Parallelism - use of similar grammatical form giving items equal weight. It makes spoken and written expressions more concise, clear and powerful. 8. Parody - imitation of a serious...

  📜Daily Scroll “Success is not final, failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts.” — Winston Churchill Literary Devices 1. Cacophony - harsh, clashing sound by words that are clipped, explosive delivery, or words containing a number of plosive delivery of consonants as B, D, G, K, P, T. 2. Catalogue - an inventory to emphasize quantity or inclusiveness. 3. Character - vehicle that moves the story ahead.  4. Climax - point where the conflict of the story begins to reach a turning point and resolves.  5. Conceit - figure of speech comparing two dissimilar things.  6. Conflict - struggle between two opposing forces, and is the basis of the plot. 7. Connotation - impressions or images carried by a word and opposite to the word's literal meaning. 8. Consonance - close repetition of identical consonant sounds before and after different vowel sounds. 9. Convention - accepted way of doing things. 10. Denotation - literal meaning of a word without asso...

  📜Daily Scroll "Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful." — Albert Schweitzer Literary Devices Literary devices are techniques used by writers to enhance their storytelling, create deeper meaning, and evoke emotion in readers. They help make the language more vivid, persuasive, and expressive. 1. Alliteration - repetition of the same consonant sound. [ S he s ells s ea s hells on a s ea s hore] 2. Allusion - reference made to famous person, place, event, literary work or work of art. [Romeo and Juliet] 3. Characterization - techniques used to create and develop a character.  4. Dialect - speech reflecting pronunciation, grammar and vocabulary according to a geographical area. 5. Figurative language - figures of speech. 6. Free verse - has no rhyme scheme or regular meter, also called blank verse. 7. Foreshadowing - hints dropped to prepare the reader about the upcoming event. 8. Imagery -...