In the novel‚ The Poisonwood Bible‚ Kingsolver uses both short and long sentences to show Rachel’s aging in the story and also uses run on sentences to show how scattered Rachel’s thoughts are. At the start of the story‚ Rachel is only fifteen years old and only uses basic sentences such as “Then he just stopped‚ just froze perfectly still” (27). Her limited vocabulary and poor grammar shows that she is young and has not been very well educated. As Rachel grows‚ as does her word choice and sentence
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quite subjective. The description of the geographical position of the state Winnemac and its largest city makes exactly such impression. But when the reader goes on he faces really vivid examples of hyperbola‚ epithets‚ zeugma‚ metaphors and other stylistic devices. One becomes immersed in the bright‚ humorous and at the same time critical world of Sinclair Lewis. The author mocks at the weak points of education‚ at ridiculous university traditions and the life of students in general. The title
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sounds and intonation)‚ lexicology (treats the words‚ their meaning and vocabulary structure)‚ grammar (analysis forms of words)‚ syntax (analysis the function of words in a sentence). These areas of study are more or less clear-cut. Some scholars claim that stylistic is a comparatively new branch of linguistics‚ The term stylistics really came into existence not too long ago. Problems of stylistic research 3. the number of functional styles The authors of handbooks on different languages propose
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WHAT IS STYLE AND STYLISTICS? What is meant by style is debatable because it is highly debatable if human beings are exactly alike. It is very difficult to arrive at a full description of style that is acceptable to all scholars. As such there are many definitions of the word style as there are scholars yet no consensus is reached among them on what style is. Chapman (1973) is of the view that style is the product of social situation i.e. of a common relationship between language users. He further
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Stylistic Analysis of “Across the Universe” by John Lennon Author: Maimoona Abdulaziz ACROSS THE UNIVERSE JOHN LENNON Words are flowing out like Endless rain into a paper cup They slither while they pass They slip away across the universe Pools of sorrow waves of joy Are drifting through my opened mind Possessing and caressing me Jai guru deva Om Nothing’s gonna change my world Nothing’s gonna change my world Nothing’s gonna change my world Nothing’s gonna change my
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Text Analysis J. Thurber. “The Unicorn in the Garden” “The Unicorn in the Garden” is a story written by the American cartoonist‚ author and journalist James Thurber. He was well known for his cartoons and short stories‚ mainly published in The New Yorker magazine. “The Unicorn in the Garden” is about a man and his wife. One morning he sees the unicorn in his garden eating flowers. Positively excited he goes upstairs to tell his wife about it. She is being in a bad mood calls him
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PART I INTRODUCTION I. GENERAL NOTES ON STYLE AND STYLISTICS Stylistics‚ sometimes called l i n g u o - s t y 1 i s t i c s‚ is a branch of general linguistics. It has now been more or less definitely outlined. It deals mainly with two interdependent tasks: a) the investi-gation of the inventory of special language media which by their ontol-ogical features secure the desirable effect of the utterance and b) certain types of texts (discourse) which due to the
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Eleanor Farjeon (13 February 1881 – 5 June 1965) was an English author of children’s stories and plays‚ poetry‚ biography‚ history and satire. Many of her works had charming illustrations by Edward Ardizzone. Some of her correspondence has also been published. She won many literary awards and the prestigious Eleanor Farjeon Award for children’s literature is presented annually in her memory by the Children’s Book Circle‚ a society of publishers. The daughter of a British novelist and granddaughter
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Robert Frost’s poem "Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening" from the perspective of stylistic analysis. This analysis is made under the Graphlogical‚ Grammatical‚ Syntactical and Phonological patterns. I have also found tropes and schemes that are present in the poem. This paper is so helpful to analyze the structure and style of Robert Frost’s poetry‚ his themes‚ views and treatment of nature. KEYWORDS: Style‚ Stylistics‚ Robert Frost‚ Loneliness‚ conflict‚ hostile nature‚ faith‚ phonological level
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Simile - a kind of comparison in which two things are com¬pared be¬cause they have something in common though they are in all other respects different. The imagina¬tive compa¬rison is explicitly made with the help of like or as. She walks like an angel. / I wandered lonely as a cloud. This simile suggests /implies / illustrates that ... Metaphor - a comparison between two things which are basically quite different without using the words like or as. While a simile only says that one thing is
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