acquire our first words. When we speak‚ we are granted a multitude of courses for grammar and word choice. As interlocutors‚ we are constantly and actively (consciously and unconsciously) using linguistic resources to exercise stylistic variation in our speech. (Jose‚ B. Stylistic Variation‚ 2011) Consider some examples of variation. In the English language‚ there are dozens of words to describe happiness: {joy‚ jubilance‚ beatitude}. Similarly‚ there are many words analogous with the meaning of the
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Alfred‚ Lord Tennyson’s best known work is undoubtedly his 1854 narrative poem‚ “The Charge of the Light Brigade.” This rhythmical literary piece is unique and allows the reader to learn the struggles and consequences of the Crimean War. Tennyson is able to capture the fate of the six hundred soldiers with great detail. From this narrative work‚ readers are able to dissect these details to uncover many of the hidden moral lessons taught throughout the poem such as bravery and self-sacrifice. In
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A.J. Wronski Shakespear Style Analysis Mr. Mettey English IV December 19‚ 2012 Macbeth Stylistic Devices In the play Macbeth‚ William Shakespear uses several stylistic devices. These devices help contribute meaning to the central themes of the play. One of the main devices used by Shakespear to convey the theme‚ the fall of man‚ is symbolism. Strange occurences‚ birds‚ and blood are all symbols that hlep convey this theme. The first examples of symbolism are the strange occurences
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The Victorian age was an age where many changes occurred socially‚ economically‚ and industrially. People began to explore into areas such as the earth‚ the human body‚ and how to benefit the daily lives of individuals. English literature was also something that was beginning to be developed. Historically‚ it began when Queen Victoria was anointed to the thrown in 1837 and brought a new prosperity to England. She held the throne for 63 years which is the longest monarch to hold the thrown
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saw their lives so he gained a lot from his trips. Sometimes Maugham’s stories were thinly disguised episodes involving his host or others he had met on his travels-circumstances that occasionally resulted in threats and lawsuits. The text for analysis is a short story. The main character is the storyteller who speaks about events from the first person. The secondary character is a friend of the storyteller‚ we know nothing about him: his name‚ age‚ his prof‚ etc. He’s just a companion which answers
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BREAK‚ BREAK‚ BREAK (1834) Break‚ break‚ break‚ [s1] On thy cold gray stones[s2] ‚ O Sea! [s3] And I would that my tongue could utter [s4] The thoughts that arise in me[s5] . (Unable to articulate the deep emotion – anger and resentment at nature) O[s6] ‚ well for the fisherman’s boy‚ That he shouts with his sister at play! O‚ well for the sailor lad‚ That he sings in his boat on the bay! [s7] (what he sees – he sees time passing – focus on the play of the youth
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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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SWOT analysis The strengths and weaknesses of a SWOT analysis focus on the current market position of a business in relation to its: • Customers – is the business meeting the needs of its target markets • Competitors- is the business offering a better way of meeting customer needs compared with its competitors • Internal resources- is the business making effective use of its internal resources to meet customer needs and deal with competition The opportunities and threats
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THE PUB Goddamn it’s bright out here‚ all the phonies going to the lousy lake that depresses me. It really does. Everyone and they’re phony smiles just trying to get on a boat. It’ll make you puke just seeing these goddamn girls with their tits all in their face‚ make you want to puke. It really will. The only girl worth looking at was old Jane Gallagher; you could stare at that ass of hers all day long. You really could. She looked like one of those playboy models. Those girls sure are nice to
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W.S. Maugham’s stories make exciting reading and give food for reflection The writer is a great master of ironic style. By using a biased 1st person narrator the author pretends to praise and justify what in fact he exposes and condemns. Thus the writer forces the reader to see through this pretence and make his/her own conclusions as to the purport of the work. The story "The Escape" is a fair example of Maugham’s ironic style. The basic theme of the story is marriage in bourgeois society‚ relations
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