Question

Direct Objects in Literature ( separate subject, verb and object)
Here are some sentences from books and other publications that contain
direct objects.
1. “I could catch a monkey. If I was starving I could. I’d make poison
darts out of the poison of the deadly frogs. One milligram of that poison can
kill a monkey.” (Mackenzie Crook as Gareth in “Work Experience.” The
Office, 2001)
2. “We tell ourselves stories in order to live.”
(Joan Didion, The White Album. Simon & Schuster, 1979)
3. “Momma opened boxes of crispy crackers . . . . I sliced onions, and
Bailey opened two or even three cans of sardines.” (Maya Angelou, I Know
Why the Caged Bird Sings. Random House, 1969)
4. “[The developers] bulldozed the banks to fill in the bottom, and
landscaped the flow of water that remained.”
(Edward Hoagland, “The Courage of Turtles.” The Village Voice, December
12, 1968)
5. “She closed the carton carefully. First she kissed her father, then she
kissed her mother. Then she opened the lid again, lifted the pig out, and
held it against her cheek.” (E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web. Harper &
Brothers, 1952)
6. “But if thought corrupts language, language can also corrupt thought.”
(George Orwell, “Politics and the English Language,” 1946)
7. “You can’t test courage cautiously.”
(Annie Dillard, An American Childhood. Harper & Row, 1987)
8. “Dinsdale, he was a nice boy. He nailed my head to a coffee table.”
(Monty Python)
There may be more than one Direct object in the sentence!!

Answer 1

Answer:

What are you telling ??

Explanation:

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