Question

From part 2 of the novel , pick one paragraph in which the author uses semicolons and in 150 -200 words , tell how they are used. ( Answers should mention that the semicolons are either jining two closely connected main clauses , are joining two main clauses using a conjunctive adverb are used to clarify a long list of phrases with the internal punctuation , or are used with a coordinating conjunction because the sentence has lots of internal punctuation) To kill a mockingbird

Answer 1

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With him, life was routine; without him, life was unbearable. - Chapter 12.

In this case, the author used semicolons because, altought there is not any conjunctive adverb or coordinating conjunction, there is a preposition, which in this case is "without", that is linking two closely connected main clauses. There are 2 clauses, independent syntactically, but very close semantically. The author is giving us two different perspectives; however, they both has a deep relationship: having or not having someone. Finally, it is worth clarifying that, prepositions are used to establish a relationship between 2 clauses, like in this situation, for example.