English (final)

• My Last Duchess - A dramatic monologue, the Duke is talking about his dead wife.
• Robert Browning - Author of "The Last Duchess"
• Theme of "The Last Duchess" - Jealousy, greed, and power
• Quotation Marks are made up of punctuations used in various writing activities to emphasize and set off a quotation, phrase, or direct speech.
• We use it if we wish to directly obtain what a speaker says and to emphasize statements.
• Double Quotation Marks should be used to indicate a direct quotation.

  Example: "I like her," He said.
• Commas are unnecessary if the quotation to be used is the subject of the sentence.

  Example: "She has no virtue" is all the Duke implied.
• Even if it is in the middle of a sentence, capitalize the first word in a quotation.

  Example: Fra Pandolf chanced to say, "Her mantle laps over my lady's wrist too much."
• Commas are to be used if a quote is to be interrupted or introduced.

  Example: When walking down the hall, the Duke smiled and said to the envoy, "That's my last Duchess painted on the wall, looking as if she were alive!"
• End a quote with a comma if it is followed by *he wrote, she said, etc.*

  Example: "Nay, we'll go together down, sir," the Duke said.
• It is a universal rule to include commas and periods inside the quotation mark.

  Example: "She had a heart - how shall I say? - too soon made glad, too easily impressed."
• If technical terms, expressions, or unusual words are used, quotation marks are needed.

  Example: "Wow!" is all the envoy could say.
• If the statement or text runs for more than one paragraph, then start another paragraph with a quotation mark, only until the end of the statement.

  Example: "Our team," the coach explained, "has been training tirelessly for this moment. We're ready to give it our all."
• If a question is embedded in quotation marks in the middle of a sentence, the question mark replaces the comma.

  Example: "Is killing her reasonable?" I wonder.
• Place quotation marks when citing book titles, television series, series titles, broadway shows, musical albums, essay or informational articles, or any form of art embedded in the sentence.

  Example: "Hamilton" has become one of the most popular Broadway shows of all time.
• Speech Presentations come in different forms, depending on the situation it requires. These speech activities have one objective: to adequately deliver their intended message to their respective audience.
• Types of Speech Presentations


  Toast

  Roast

  Tribute

  Welcome Speech

  Closing Remarks

  Introducing a Guest Speaker
• Toast - A speech intended to congratulate the achievements of a person.
• Roast - It is a satirical version of a toast, wherein the "roastee" gets mocked, ridiculed, and embarrassed by relatives and close friends.
• Tribute - A speech whose purpose is to inspire, motivate, and admire people for any kind of achievement, virtues, a service they have acquired for the community.
• Welcome speech - Greets his/her audience as if they were his/her guests, states the reason for the event, and acknowledges the contributions of the host.
• Closing remarks - Essentially states the conclusion of the speech and the nuggets of information the audience has received.
• Introducing a Guest speaker - In Introducing a guest speaker, the host orients the audience to who the speaker is by talking about his/her credentials and past speaking engagements.
• Fra Pandolf is the one who painted the last duchess
• The Last Duchess


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  A Dramatic monologue