Wednesday, 27 November 2013

EF7/ E10 Examples of sentences with quoted material

INCORPORATE!!

“tiny robot mice”
One example of personification is the “tiny robot mice” (1) that clean the house.

“clever”
The “clever” (4) fire burned the house down.

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“silhouette in paint” (1)
On the outside wall of the house were five “silhouette[s] in paint” (1) that were caused by what Bradbury suggests was a nuclear explosion.

Stephen Harper said, “I was talking to [Obama] and he wants to meet next week.”

The house was standing in the middle of the “ruined city”. (1)

Later in the morning, the “angry mice” (2) came out to clean up the house.

After the fire broke out, “scurrying water rats” (3) tried to put it out.

The “bared skeleton” (4) of the house burned as the fire consumed it.

The inside of the house was “maniac confusion” (4) as the robots tried to fight the fire.
                                                           
The stove cooked food at a “psychopathic rate” (4) while the house burned down around it.

The cleaning robots were “darting bravely” (4) to clean up the mess caused by the raging fire.

The cleaning robots “dart[ed] bravely” (4) to clean up the mess caused by the raging fire.

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