SIW Module 1 Variant 2 Theme: Stylistic Devices. Analysis of the text. 1. Point out three metaphors and three epithets used by the author to characterize the main character (Stephens) and comment on them. Three metaphors : trifle embarrassed apologetic laugh forcible ring Three epithets: thick-set and stout a round red face bullet-shaped head All these stylistic devices describe the main hero as a person who is very tired of life, he is passive, but he wants
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Analysis of the text “W.S.” The text under analysis is an extract from a short story “W.S.” by Leslie Poles Hartley, a well-known British novelist and short story writer best-known for his novels which include “Eustace and Hilda” trilogy (1947) and “The Go-Between” (1953). The story “W.S.” comes from “The complete short stories” of L. P. Hartley published posthumously in 1973. The story “W.S.” is about a novelist Walter Streeter who one day gets a postcard from Forfar signed W.S. He doesn’t pay
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1. How does the Bordeaux wine distribution system work? Who benefits and how? There are 400 hundred merchants in the Bordeaux, who taste the wine first to get the information about the surface, volume and harvest. Then they provide with the information the largest buyers. So merchants get the primeur cheaper, but then chateau Margaux can ask for higher process on the bottled markets, which the merchants accept, to get the primeur price for the next year. The merchants allocated wine to their
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styles as patterns of the written variety of language thus excluding colloquial FS. Both scholars agree that each FS can be recognized by one or more leading features. But Galperin pays more attention to the coordination of language means and stylistic devices whereas Arnold connects the specific features of each FS with its peculiarities in the sphere of communication. According to I.R. Galperin, a functional style of language is a system of interrelated language means which serves a definite
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a new literary criticism lens it is argued that author J.D. Salinger is informing his readers to avoid being overly attached to childhood because growing up is natural. Salinger engraves this message in his audience’s minds through the use of stylistic devices such as hyperbole, symbolism as well as indirect characterization. Salinger’s message of clinging onto childhood and resisting change is enforced on many occasions throughout the novel. Using hyperbole, in the first chapter of the novel
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Vast numbers of stylistic choices present themselves to an author during the writing process. The impact stylistic choices make on a piece can determine the overall effectiveness of the message being conveyed. While choosing an effective device can prove difficult, Nancy Mairs expertly implemented the use of several devices in her piece “The Unmaking of a Scientist,” to amplify the influence a person's style has on their work. Mairs’ use of juxtaposition, through imagery and similes, emphasizes the
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ЛЕКЦИИ ПО СТИЛИСТИКЕ Лекция 1. Лингвистические основы курса стилистики. Отношение линвостилистики к другим разделам общего языкознания. Понятие выразительных средств языка и стилистических приемов, их взаимоотношение и функции. Общие понятия функциональных стилей английского языка. Лекция 2. Стилистическое значение слова. Три основных вида стилистического значения слова. Письменный и устный варианты языка.
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Personality Analysis: Dispositional and Learning Theories PSY/405 August 30, 2012 Instructor Stacy Page Personality Analysis: Dispositional and Learning Theories The revision and analysis of personalities provides a restored knowledge for human behaviors and the progression in which individuals understand. Theorists had endeavored for a long time realizing further theoretical methodology. Gordon Allport researched the personalities of people for the reason
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Примерная схема анализа текста Object of Interpretation * The text I’m going to interpret is … (an extract from…, a selection from…) * It is selected from … (taken from)… * It is a short story, a novel, an extract from the novel, an essay. * It is well-written (true-to-life, easy to read, deep, dull, boring, badly written, too slow moving, unconvincing, depressing, heavy-going, etc). The author of the text * The author of the story (text, novel) is a playwright, (a reporter
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Lexis Special 1 : « Lexicology & Phonology / Lexicologie et phonologie » 15 A morphophonological approach to clipping in English Can the study of clipping be formalized?1 Denis Jamet2 Abstract In this paper, I will endeavor to define clipping, and see if there are any semantic differences between the multiplicity of terms: “shortening”, “clipping”, “truncations”, etc. I will examine the semantic role of clipping, and try to answer the following question: is clipping a wordformation device
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