All these devices leave a very vivid description of the students’ anticipating such an unpleasant inevitability as the exam. By means of the author’s language our imagination depicts a distinct and colorful picture proving the effectiveness of the stylistic devices in Gordon’s description. It’s hard to believe but suspense is even growing from one paragraph to another turning just an investigation of a man’s knowledge into judgment day. And to my mind this allusion is chosen nonrandom but to emphasize
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of Studies of Stylistics and Rhetoric LIYao Abstract: Stylistics is a scientific study of style. It is a new branch of linguistics. Rhetoric is the art or science of the communication in words. In general‚ stylistics is a discipline that studies the ways in which language is used; it is a discipline that studies the styles of language in use. However‚ rhetoric is the scientific study of how language could be employed expressively and effectively in modern times. Studying stylistics and rhetoric
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List all of the noun phrases in the passage‚ including the pronouns. After you have studied the list write an essay on how the noun phrases contribute to the text. How do they relate to what is being described in the extract? In Lindsey Davis’s Ode to a Banker‚ there are many uses of the noun phrase. The noun phrase is a phrase that contains a noun as well as other constituents (Yule 2010‚ p291). The noun can stand on its own as the noun phrase or include the use of articles and modifiers to enhance
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Stylistic Analysis of Obama’s Inaugural Speech Abstract Higher level English learners always pay attention to English public speech‚ especially those inaugural speeches. They take them as fine literary efforts and good analysis material. This paper tries to give an analysis of Obama’s inaugural speech from stylistic perspective‚ in order to help to better appreciate Obama’s presentation skills. Keywords: stylistics‚ syntactic‚ lexics‚ rhetoric Barack Hussein Obama was elected to be the forty-fourth
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B. PUBLICISTS STYLE The publicistic style of language became discernible as a separate style in the middle of the 18th century. It also falls into three varieties‚ each having its own distinctive features. Unlike other styles‚ the publicistic style has a spoken variety‚ namely‚ the oratorical substyle. The development of radio and television has brought into being another new spoken variety‚ namely‚ the radio and TV соmmentary. The other two substyles are the essay (moral‚ philosophical‚ literary)
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William Somerset Maugham. Stylistic pecularities. Maugham became a witty satirist of the post-colonial world and wrote over thirty plays‚ mainly light satiric comedies. At one time he had four dramas running simultaneously; only Bernard Shaw has had more plays on at the same time in London. The British Library holds many of Maugham’s published plays‚ and the Library’s Lord Chamberlain’s collection contains a considerable number of typescripts. Though Maugham doesn’t denounce the contemprorary
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Comparative Stylistic Analysis of a Poem Submitted to: Mrs. Daisy O. Casipit Submitted by: Lovely Anne B. Unquida (BSEd3-3) October 2013 Easter Wings by George Herbert Lord‚ who createdst man in wealth and store‚ Though foolishly he lost the same‚ Decaying more and more‚ Till he became Most poore: With thee Oh let me rise As larks‚ harmoniously‚ And sing this day thy victories: Then shall the fall further the flight
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STYLES OF PRONUNCIATION The pronunciation of one and the same person may be different on different occasions. For instance‚ when the speaker is delivering a lecture‚ speaking over the radio‚ giving a dictation exercise‚ or when he is talking to official people he wants to be clearly understood that’s why he should sound explicit and his pronunciation may be characterized as correct or even super-correct. In informal situations where the speakers are more relaxed less attention is given to the
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Parenting Styles and The Glass Castle The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls is a memoir about her life‚ throughout the memoir you get to meet her parents which can be judged as a parent in many different ways. The parenting style that is most exemplified by Rex and Rosemary’s walls is an uninvolved parent. Rex and Rosemary are uninvolved parents because when certain situations occur they failed to communicate correctly“ I asked Mom and Dad if we should close the doors and windows when we went to sleep
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Criteria Scientific prose style Oratorical sub-style Publicistic styles Pragmatic aim to prove a hypothesis‚ to create new concepts‚ to disclose the internal laws of existence‚ development‚ relations between different phenomena. is to exert influence on public opinion‚ to convince the listener that the interpretation given by the speaker is the only correct one and to cause him to accept the point of view expressed in the speech not merely by logical argumentation‚ but by emotional appeal as well
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