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Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

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noun

A successful achievement or something that has been done successfully.

Winning the science fair was a great accomplishment for Sarah.

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exclamation mark

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ˌɛks.kləˈmeɪ.ʃən ˌmɑɹk/Used In Literature ↓

Punctuation mark “!” (used to denote excitement, surprise or shock).

In a Sentence

The excessive use of exclamation marks devalues their effect, but is typical of concise genres such as cartoons, not reference works!

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Poetry examples for exclamation mark

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.