THE ESSENTIALS OF STYLISCTICS The expressive means (EM) of a language are those phonetic‚ morphological‚ word-building‚ lexical‚ phraseological and syntactical forms which exist in language-as-a-system for the purpose of logical and/or emotional intensification of the utterance. Phonetic EM: pitch‚ melody‚ stress‚ pausation‚ drawling‚ whispering‚ a sing-song manner of speech (onomatopoeia‚ alliteration‚ rhyme‚ rhythm). Morphological EM: the Historical Present (the Present Indefinite instead
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escaping the hands of the dead people. The phrase also holds horrific imagery because it’s like you’re seeing dead people’s hands which adds to the ‘Gothic horror’ part of the story. Dickens also builds the semantic field up more using phrases such as the word ‘tombstone’ and ‘five little stone lozenges’. ‘Five little stone lozenges’ adds tension to the fact that Pip is the only one still alive out of his brothers. This builds the tension up because the reader will begin to wonder why he out of his brothers
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Parallelism is important at the level of ▫ the word ▫ the phrase ▫ the clause Parallelism at Word level • “Why should we live with such hurry and waste of life?” (-- Henry David Thoreau) • In this sentence‚ the words hurry and waste‚ both nouns‚ follow the preposition with; hurry and waste are parallel. Parallelism at Word level (another example) • “In eternity there is indeed something true and sublime.” (-- Henry David Thoreau) • In this sentence‚ the words true and sublime‚ both adjectives‚ modify
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the changes happening in America. However‚ the writing styles in which Hemingway used‚ compared to Faulkner‚ show many differences. By comparing the styles of Hemingway and Faulkner‚ readers find a contrast in the authors’ use of sentence structure‚ word choice‚ and character development; but overall‚ they achieve a similar tone. In many of William Faulkner’s short stories‚ such as “Barn Burning”‚ the sentence structure is complex; he describes vividly what is happening by including small details
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purposely. In other cases It seems that he used archaic English unconsciously. So the simples answer is yes and no. I feel some of the vocabulary he uses could have been what people said in the past which are not common words no more . But I don’t believe all the archaic words where common words in the past . Like said in the report “Did Shakespeare Consciously Use Archaic English?” Shakespeare did extract archaisms from variables phrases such as “maugre his head” which hints that he maybe did use archaic
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will demonstrate a basic understanding of culturally diverse written texts. Reading/word identification. The student uses a variety of word identification strategies. The student is expected to (D) use root words and other structural cues such as prefixes‚ suffixes‚ and derivational endings to recognize words (3); and use knowledge of word order (syntax) and context to support word identification and confirm word meaning (1-3). (E) (3.7) Reading/variety of texts. The student reads widely
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Kennings Kennings can come in 3 forms. Look at the examples in the chart below and write down the name or noun represented beside each example of a kenning. |Compound Words |Prepositional Phrases |Possessives | |Sky-candle |Wolf of wounds |Seabird’s bath | |Whale-road
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the word “magical” puts the focus on its emotional appeal‚ which makes of it a user friendly product rather than a technological device. He also uses repetition: “Now the iPad‚ if you can sum it up‚ is our most advanced technology in a magical and revolutionary device at an unbelievable price.” By repeating this key line‚ he sets the product in the mind of his audience. His speech is marked by paced speed and pauses‚ yet very confident. He speaks slowly and takes time to articulate his words clearly
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Using rhetorical strategies mentioned earlier she stresses their view of the world. Through the rhetorical strategies of anecdotes‚ figurative language‚ and specific description of details such as the bleak view of her routine life. Anecdotes a word your average [person would no know the meaning of. An anecdote—a short story or narrative usually used to a humorous effect—is used to a different effect in this –prestigious and insightful—paper of Woolf’s. All through the paper she utilizes anecdotes;
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linguistic one‚ but basically‚ a social issue that is far more notice-worthy than the public would have thought. Demonstrations of Sexism in English are too numerous to be totally covered. This paper illustrates demonstrations from the viewpoints of word-structure‚ word choosing‚ sentence structure‚ sentence pattern‚ meaning and speech‚ just to name the most common ones. Then it takes an insight into the causes of sexism in English— the historical‚ cultural‚ political‚ economical‚ educational‚ physiological
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