Once you have finished revising your peer's essay, continue to demonstrate your understanding of grammar and

punctuation by writing an essay containing all of the grammatical concepts outlined above. your essay should be short,

just 250 words, and it can be written on any subject. it should contain an example of parallel structure, an example of

every type of phrase and clause outlined in this lesson, an example of two independent clauses connected by a

semicolon, and an example of a colon. if you are struggling to come up with an idea for an essay, consider writing it

about the themes present in one of the texts you have read already.

Read the passage below and answer the question that follows. ‘you make me feel uncivilized, daisy,’ i confessed on my second glass of corky but rather impressive claret. ‘can’t you talk about crops or something? ’ i meant nothing in particular by this remark but it was taken up in an unexpected way. ‘civilization’s going to pieces,’ broke out tom violently. ‘i’ve gotten to be a terrible pessimist about things. have you read ‘the rise of the coloured empires’ by this man goddard? ’ ‘why, no,’ i answered, rather surprised by his tone. ‘well, it’s a fine book, and everybody ought to read it. the idea is if we don’t look out the white race will be—will be utterly submerged. it’s all scientific stuff; it’s been proved.’ in this passage, tom’s ideas about race relations come off as uncivilized. what literary device is fitzgerald using here? irony personification metaphor simile