LE S S O N F OR T HE D A Y

ENGLISH 9
OBSERVE, STUDY AND ANALYZE THE FOLLOWING:

•JIM!COME BACK HERE, STOP RUNNING WITH

SCISSORS.
•OH, STARBUCKS, HOW I LOVE YOU! YOUR
MEDIUM DARK ROAST ALLOWED ME TO SURVIVE
THAT MEETING!
 APOSTROPHE

‘S
APOS T R O P HE
LET’S DEFINE IT 
•APOSTROPHE IS A FIGURE OF SPEECH
SOMETIMES REPRESENTED BY “OH”. A WRITER
OR SPEAKER, USING APOSTROPHE, SPEAKS
DIRECTLY TO SOMEONE WHO IS NOT PRESENT
OR IS DEAD, OR SPEAKS TO INANIMATE
OBJECTS.
LE T ’ S P L A Y
F A CA D E
LITOTE
MNE M OS Y N E
DEVOUR
PREFACE
1. Blow winds! Blow.
2. Oh, rose, my red rose. I love you.
3. Please clouds, please do not rain.
4. The oranges are happy.
5. Oh lovely orange. Do you taste good?
6. I am like a shadow.
7. My Mom has a Spartan workout routine.
8. Just as I sat down to cry, a Bob Marley song came on
the radio.
9. The moon is as bright as my girlfriend’s smile.
10. The ocean is a raging bull.
1. Twinkle, twinkle little star. How I wonder what you are?
2. Oh, rose, my red rose. I love you.
3. Please time, please, do not be in a hurry!
4. Oh Romeo, Romeo. Wherefore thou art Romeo? Deny
thy father’s name and I’ll no longer be a Capulet.
5. Go away rain!
6. Her skin is as white as snow.
7. You are like Cleopatra.
8. It’s raining cats and dogs.
9. I will swim 100 seas and climb 500 mountains just to
be with you.
10. Death, please do not be proud.