com/quiz29/quiz/1305962385/Mr-Know-All-content-quiz and do the quiz on Mr. Know All. Use a dictionary for words you don’t know. 2. Now‚ read the following summary and analysis of Mr. Know All. An analysis of Mr Know All written by William Somerset Maugham The story takes place in international waters on an ocean going liner sailing from San Fracisco‚ U.S.A to Yokohama‚ Japan on the Pacific ocean. As the war had just ended‚ it was difficult to get accomodations. Therefore‚ the narrator had to share
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Abstract: Modernism provides many of the major works that continue to define what literature and painting are. Understanding Modernism (between about 1870 and 1939) is essential for understanding modern literature. Can only gifted students understand Modernism? Can only gifted students understand modern literature and art? The focus here is on classics of prose‚ poetry and painting that are interesting in themselves and help to make sense of the period of cultural crisis that defined abstraction
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Franny And Zooey & The Razor’s Edge Many novels use religion as the central object of their plot. Franny and Zooey‚ by J.D Salinger and The Razor’s Edge‚ by W. Somerset Maugham both display religion as having they key role in their novels. Religion is the main guide in Franny and Zooey and The Razor’s Edge for the search of meaning. During the search for meaning the two main characters Franny Glass and Larry Darrel‚ use religion as an escape from everyday life and from
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W.S. Maugham’s early reputation was based on his comedies of manners for the stage. Among the best remembered of his witty‚ cynical and frankly commercial plays are “The Circle” (1921)‚ “Our Betters” (1923)‚ and “The Constant Wife” (1926). W.S. Maugham usually wrote in a detached‚ ironic style‚ yet he often showed sympathy for his characters. His semiautobiographical novel “Of Human Bondage” (1915) established his position as a serious writer. “Cakes and Ale” (1930) is generally ranked next among
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Some time ago Somerset Maugham said that to eat well in England‚ you should have breakfast three times a day.’ To be perfectly honest‚ most British food was considered by many people as terrible. It included overcooked vegetables‚ boring sandwiches and greasy sausages. It was definitely not an enjoyable experience. However‚ these are now only stereotypes. Things have changed a lot and food has become very important in British culture. Not only TV cooks are more famous than writers‚ but also their
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Contract is an agreement between two or more competent parties in which an offer is made and accepted‚ and each party benefits. No contract can come into being unless the following features exist: an actual offer‚ an acceptance‚ consideration (this means that each party will contribute something of a material value to the bargain) and an intention to create legal relations. The agreement can be formal‚ informal‚ written‚ or just plain understood. (a) For a contract to exist the offer must be made
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References: http://zackyeducations.blogspot.com/2013/01/an-analysis-of-intrinsic-elements-on-in.html http://www.is.wayne.edu/mnissani/world/Mr%20Know-All.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/short_story http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/prose Maugham‚ Somerset. “Mr. Know All” Selected Short Stories Ed. Thakur‚ Damodar‚ Calcutta : The Macmillan Company of Calcutta.
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Stylistics‚ sometimes called linguostylistics‚ is a branch of general linguistics. It deals mainly with two interdependent tasks: a) the investigation of special language means which secure the desirable effect of the utterance(stylistics devices and expressive means) b) certain types of texts (discourse) which due to the choice and arrangement of language means are distinguished by the pragmatic aspect of the communication. (functional styles) Functional styles discusses such general linguistic
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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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