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Chapter III
This was in 1898. Dreiser wrote four more stories during the year following, and sold them all. Henry now urged him to attempt a novel, but again his distrust of himself held him back. Henry finally tried a rather unusual argument: he had a novel of his own on the stocks,[22] and he represented that he was in difficulties with it and in need of company. One day, in September, 1899, Dreiser took a sheet of yellow paper and wrote a title at random.
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an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Henry now urged him to attempt a novel, but again his distrust of himself held him back.”
a reason or example used to support an idea
From this reading “Henry finally tried a rather unusual argument: he had a novel of his own on the stocks,[22] and he represented that he was in difficulties with it and in need of company.”
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading “Dreiser wrote four more stories during the year following, and sold them all.”
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading “Henry now urged him to attempt a novel, but again his distrust of himself held him back.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “Henry finally tried a rather unusual argument: he had a novel of his own on the stocks,[22] and he represented that he was in difficulties with it and in need of company.”
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading “One day, in September, 1899, Dreiser took a sheet of yellow paper and wrote a title at random.”
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading “One day, in September, 1899, Dreiser took a sheet of yellow paper and wrote a title at random.”
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From this reading Henry finally tried a rather unusual argument: he had a novel of his own on the stocks,[22] and he represented that he was in difficulties with it and in need of company.
used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading Henry now urged him to attempt a novel, but again his distrust of himself held him back.
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From this reading Henry now urged him to attempt a novel, but again his distrust of himself held him back.
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From this reading Dreiser wrote four more stories during the year following, and sold them all.
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading Dreiser wrote four more stories during the year following, and sold them all.
a reason or example used to support an idea
From this reading Henry finally tried a rather unusual argument: he had a novel of his own on the stocks,[22] and he represented that he was in difficulties with it and in need of company.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading One day, in September, 1899, Dreiser took a sheet of yellow paper and wrote a title at random.
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From this reading Henry now urged him to attempt a novel, but again his distrust of himself held him back.
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From this reading Henry now urged him to attempt a novel, but again his distrust of himself held him back.
used to introduce something that contrasts with what came before
From this reading Henry now urged him to attempt a novel, but again his distrust of himself held him back.
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From this reading Henry finally tried a rather unusual argument: he had a novel of his own on the stocks,[22] and he represented that he was in difficulties with it and in need of company.
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From this reading One day, in September, 1899, Dreiser took a sheet of yellow paper and wrote a title at random.
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From this reading Henry finally tried a rather unusual argument: he had a novel of his own on the stocks,[22] and he represented that he was in difficulties with it and in need of company.
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From this reading Henry now urged him to attempt a novel, but again his distrust of himself held him back.
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From this reading Dreiser wrote four more stories during the year following, and sold them all.
all through a period, or at some point within it
From this reading Dreiser wrote four more stories during the year following, and sold them all.
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From this reading Henry finally tried a rather unusual argument: he had a novel of his own on the stocks,[22] and he represented that he was in difficulties with it and in need of company.
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From this reading Dreiser wrote four more stories during the year following, and sold them all.
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From this reading Dreiser wrote four more stories during the year following, and sold them all.
the past form of “have”, used to form the past perfect
From this reading Henry finally tried a rather unusual argument: he had a novel of his own on the stocks,[22] and he represented that he was in difficulties with it and in need of company.
a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned, as the subject
From this reading Henry finally tried a rather unusual argument: he had a novel of his own on the stocks,[22] and he represented that he was in difficulties with it and in need of company.
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From this reading Henry now urged him to attempt a novel, but again his distrust of himself held him back.
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From this reading Henry now urged him to attempt a novel, but again his distrust of himself held him back.
the male already mentioned, as the object of a verb or preposition
From this reading Henry now urged him to attempt a novel, but again his distrust of himself held him back.
used when the man or boy doing the action is also its object
From this reading Henry now urged him to attempt a novel, but again his distrust of himself held him back.
belonging to a man, boy, or male animal already mentioned
From this reading Henry now urged him to attempt a novel, but again his distrust of himself held him back.
inside something, or within a place, period, or state
From this reading This was in 1898.
a thing, animal, or idea already mentioned
From this reading Henry finally tried a rather unusual argument: he had a novel of his own on the stocks,[22] and he represented that he was in difficulties with it and in need of company.
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From this reading Dreiser wrote four more stories during the year following, and sold them all.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading Henry finally tried a rather unusual argument: he had a novel of his own on the stocks,[22] and he represented that he was in difficulties with it and in need of company.
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From this reading Henry now urged him to attempt a novel, but again his distrust of himself held him back.
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From this reading Henry now urged him to attempt a novel, but again his distrust of himself held him back.
belonging to, or connected with, somebody or something
From this reading Henry now urged him to attempt a novel, but again his distrust of himself held him back.
touching and supported by a surface
From this reading Henry finally tried a rather unusual argument: he had a novel of his own on the stocks,[22] and he represented that he was in difficulties with it and in need of company.
used to mean any person in general, including the speaker
From this reading One day, in September, 1899, Dreiser took a sheet of yellow paper and wrote a title at random.
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From this reading Henry finally tried a rather unusual argument: he had a novel of his own on the stocks,[22] and he represented that he was in difficulties with it and in need of company.
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From this reading One day, in September, 1899, Dreiser took a sheet of yellow paper and wrote a title at random.
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From this reading One day, in September, 1899, Dreiser took a sheet of yellow paper and wrote a title at random.
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From this reading Henry finally tried a rather unusual argument: he had a novel of his own on the stocks,[22] and he represented that he was in difficulties with it and in need of company.
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From this reading Henry finally tried a rather unusual argument: he had a novel of his own on the stocks,[22] and he represented that he was in difficulties with it and in need of company.
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From this reading One day, in September, 1899, Dreiser took a sheet of yellow paper and wrote a title at random.
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From this reading One day, in September, 1899, Dreiser took a sheet of yellow paper and wrote a title at random.
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From this reading Dreiser wrote four more stories during the year following, and sold them all.
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From this reading Henry finally tried a rather unusual argument: he had a novel of his own on the stocks,[22] and he represented that he was in difficulties with it and in need of company.
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From this reading Dreiser wrote four more stories during the year following, and sold them all.
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading Henry finally tried a rather unusual argument: he had a novel of his own on the stocks,[22] and he represented that he was in difficulties with it and in need of company.
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading Dreiser wrote four more stories during the year following, and sold them all.
the people or things already mentioned, as the object
From this reading Dreiser wrote four more stories during the year following, and sold them all.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading This was in 1898.
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From this reading One day, in September, 1899, Dreiser took a sheet of yellow paper and wrote a title at random.
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading Henry now urged him to attempt a novel, but again his distrust of himself held him back.
an important story-specific word used in this passage
From this reading One day, in September, 1899, Dreiser took a sheet of yellow paper and wrote a title at random.
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From this reading Henry finally tried a rather unusual argument: he had a novel of his own on the stocks,[22] and he represented that he was in difficulties with it and in need of company.
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From this reading Henry finally tried a rather unusual argument: he had a novel of his own on the stocks,[22] and he represented that he was in difficulties with it and in need of company.
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From this reading Henry now urged him to attempt a novel, but again his distrust of himself held him back.
the past form of “be” used with I, he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading This was in 1898.
in the company of; together with
From this reading Henry finally tried a rather unusual argument: he had a novel of his own on the stocks,[22] and he represented that he was in difficulties with it and in need of company.
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From this reading Dreiser wrote four more stories during the year following, and sold them all.
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From this reading Dreiser wrote four more stories during the year following, and sold them all.
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From this reading One day, in September, 1899, Dreiser took a sheet of yellow paper and wrote a title at random.
