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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Introduction The study analyses the stylistic features in the “Declaration of Conscience” by Margaret Chase Smith based on the characterized language of the public speech English. The sample is a typical political speech which possesses many stylistic features of public speech. By analyzing the stylistic effect of the sample‚ the paper also explain the function of the stylistic features. Background Margaret Chase Smith (December 14‚ 1897–May 29‚ 1995) was a Republican Senator from Maine‚ and one
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logical syntactic structure‚ with an expanded system of connectives and its careful paragraphing‚ makes it similar to scientific prose. Its emotional appeal is generally achieved by the use of words with emotive meaning‚ the use of imagery and other stylistic devices as in emotive prose. The publicistic style also has some elements of emotionally coloured colloquial style as the author has no need to make their speech impersonal (as in scientific or official style)‚ but‚
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Student number: 12056010 A Stylistic Analysis of « the lost baby poem » by Lucille Clifton In this stylistic analysis of the lost baby poem written by Lucille Clifton I will deal mainly with two aspects of stylistic: derivation and parallelism features present in the poem. However I will first give a general interpretation of the poem to link more easily the stylistic features with the meaning of the poem itself. In this poem Lucille Clifton is telling the experience she had when she had an
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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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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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English 101 03/27/12 Bad Girls Club Bad girls club is a reality television series. It centers on seven rebellious women aged from 21 to 27 with different personalities and backgrounds‚ who have a number of behavioral problems. A woman who is part of this show is considered as a “bad girl‚” she has to get rid of her fatal behavior and sometimes accomplish specific goals. They are supposed to spend three months in a fine mansion with one another‚ during which they have to go by some specific rules
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distinct city locations that open along the road‚ where structures need to be reconstructed and also protection towers could be built and also updated. When a city area has the appropriate quantity of points integrateded it‚ goals open that initiate fights. Fights in Invasion are where players could anticipate to make every one of the sources required to maintain accumulating their city. In these meets players take control of a participant of the law enforcement agency and also need to protect their city
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and extreme secondhand smoke. Some also feel endangered by gangs‚ fights‚ and shoot-outs. However there are a great number of nightclubs that suit our identical yet diverse population and are some what pleasing to the public. These clubs are recognized as upscale clubs. Upscale clubs are nightclubs that have the same entertainment as ordinary clubs but have dissimilarity in dress codes‚ cost and maturity level. Some upscale club owners are convinced that if their customers are dressed in a button
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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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