“A gross trifling with every fine feeling…. Mr. Clemens has no reliable sense of propriety.”
Springfield Republican
Excerpted from: Bernard, Andre, and Bill Henderson, eds. Pushcart’s Complete Rotten Reviews and Rejections. Wainscott, NY: Pushcart Press, 1998.
Posted in English Language Arts, Quotes, Reference
Tagged fiction/literature, literary oddities
After a couple sick days owing to yet another case of bronchitis (probably due to the bad air in the windowless building in which I work), I return to offer this context clues worksheet on the adjective prominent.
If you find typos in this document, I would appreciate a notification. And, as always, if you find this material useful in your practice, I would be grateful to hear what you think of it. I seek your peer review.
“Anyone can do any amount of work, provided it isn’t the work he’s supposed to be doing at that moment.”
Excerpted from: Winokur, Jon, ed. The Portable Curmudgeon. New York: Plume, 1992.
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