Apostrophe

By: Reema Patel, Lauren Laumas, Sophie Hayes

A sudden turn from the general audience to address a specific group or person or personified abstraction absent or present.

"Twinkle Twinkle little star, How I wonder what you are,  Up above the world so high,  Like a diamond in the sky."



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCjJyiqpAuU

Mnemonic Device: Apostrophe, Apostrophe, personify me!

Jordan Lee, Ryan Freer, and Andrew Hayden 2nd Block

__**Apostrophe:**__ a sudden turn from the general audience to address a specific group or person or personified abstraction absent or present.

> ======It is an ancient Mariner,======
 * Example:**

And he **stoppeth** one of three.

> ======‘By **thy** long grey beard and glittering eye,======

> ======Now **wherefore** stopp’st **thou** me?====== > ======He holds him with his skinny hand,======

‘There was a ship,’ **quoth** he.

‘Hold off! **unhand** me, grey-beard loon!’

Eftsoons his hand dropt he

> ======‘I fear **thy** skinny hand!….====== > ======I fear **thee** and thy glittering eye,======

> ======And thy skinny hand, so brown.’—======

Fear not, fear not, **thou** Wedding-Guest!

This body **dropt** not down…

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In the following extract, archaic words are used extensively. These words are: stoppeth, wherefore, thy, thou, quoth, unhand and dropt. ======


 * Photo/** **Image:**

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 * Video:**

Its when you are talking about yourself but you look up to another person that is not here to reference them. Look up to the sky just like the apostrophe is raised up to the sky in your writing.
 * Mnemonic Device:**