Imperative

A verb form used to give a command or instruction.

She calls on spirits to ‘unsex me here’ and ‘fill me’ with cruelty. These imperatives sound forceful, but the requests also reveal that ruthlessness is something she wants to acquire. She asks for remorse to be blocked, suggesting that compassion could still interrupt her purpose.

A grammatical form used to give a command, such as Lady Macbeth's demand 'unsex me here'.

A verb form used to express a command, instruction or request.

Connect methods to meaning: explain how a pun, an imperative, repetition or a sudden change of allegiance shapes the crowd's presentation.

Connect a method to its meaning: explain how a paradox, symbol or imperative develops Dickens’s presentation of the Ghost.

Part (a): use precise terminology where it helps your explanation. Miss Miller’s commands are imperatives; naming a technique is only the beginning of analysis.

A command or instruction, such as Capulet’s demand that Juliet stop speaking.

A word or grammatical form used to give a command.

A command or instruction, such as the Ghost’s “Take heed!” in Stave Two.

A verb form used to give a command or instruction, such as ‘Look’ or ‘Beware’.

A grammatical form used to give a command, such as Utterson’s demand in Chapter 8, “Down with the door, Poole!”

A verb form used to give an instruction or command, such as ‘Hear’ in ‘Hear me in silence.’

A sentence or clause that expresses a command, such as Jaggers’s instruction to take everything on evidence.

A verb or grammatical construction used to give a command, such as ‘Remember’ or ‘listen’.

A command, such as ‘Remember’, which can establish authority or urge action.

A verb form used to give an instruction, command or request.

An instruction or command, often expressed through a verb such as “See”.

A verb used to give a command or instruction.

A word or phrase expressing a command or instruction. Its effect may be pleading, reassuring or forceful, depending on its context.

A verb form used to give a command, instruction or request.

Her soliloquy calls on spirits through repeated imperatives: ‘Come’, ‘fill’, ‘make’ and ‘Stop’. These commands make her sound forceful, and their incantatory repetition links her language to the witches. Yet asking to be filled with cruelty also suggests that she must suppress feelings which might resist the murder.

A verb form used to give a command or instruction, such as ‘Come’ or ‘Give’.

A command form of a verb, such as ‘obey’, used to direct another person’s actions.

An instruction or request expressed through a command form of a verb.

A command, often beginning with a verb, such as 'Speak not'.

A verb used to give an instruction or command.

A command or instruction, such as ‘remember’, which can establish a speaker’s authority.

The imperative “remember” makes him a teacher giving an instruction that must survive his departure. “But” turns the speech away from the impossibility of helping Eva towards the possibility of helping others.

A command. In drama, an imperative can reveal a character’s attempt to control another person’s speech or behaviour.

A command or instruction, often expressed using an imperative verb.

A command. In drama, imperatives can reveal attempts to control another character.

A sentence or verb form that expresses a command, often revealing authority or an attempt to control someone.

A command or instruction, often expressed through an imperative verb.

A command, often expressed through a verb such as ‘Speak’ or ‘Go’.

A command, often expressed through a verb such as ‘Come’ or ‘Give’.

A command form of a verb, such as “Come”, which can express authority, urgency or a desire for control.

A command form of a verb, which can express authority, urgency or pressure.

A command or instruction, often expressed through a verb such as ‘remember’.

A word or grammatical form used to give an instruction or command.

A command, such as Utterson’s instruction to Poole to break down the cabinet door.

A command, such as the Ghost’s invitation to come in or its warning to beware.

A grammatical form expressing a command or instruction, such as ‘Form classes!’

A grammatical form used to give a command or instruction, such as ‘Take it.’

Language that gives a command or instruction.

A verb form that expresses a command, request or instruction.

A verb form used to give a command or instruction, such as “Come” or “Make”.

A command or instruction, often formed using a verb such as ‘Hear’ or ‘Choose’.

A command or instruction, such as Utterson’s order to Poole to break down the door.

A command expressed through a verb, such as “Rise!”

A command or instruction, such as ‘give’ in the opening of Browning’s ‘Now’.

A command or instruction, such as ‘Sit.’, which can convey authority, urgency or encouragement.

A command, often beginning with a verb, such as ‘blind’ in the final line of ‘Flag’.

A command or instruction. ‘Then cherish pity’ directly tells the reader how to respond.

A verb form used to express a command, request or instruction.

A word or phrase expressing a command.

A verb form used to give a command, request or instruction.

A command, often expressed through a verb such as 'Come' or 'Give'.

A verb form used to give an order, instruction or request, such as Lady Macbeth's commands to the spirits.

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