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    In Somerset Maugham short story "The ant and the Grasshopper" we are introduced to the two main characters as referring to them as George and Tom. The characters are introduced after a short introduction about the story of the ant and the grasshopper. In this fable we learn that the ant in the story is much like the character of George. The ant begins working away throughout the summer collecting his food and building his shelter in order to prepare for the upcoming winter. The Grasshopper on the

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    What we call a "Chicago accent" is actually called the Inland North American dialect. This encompasses the major cities around the Great Lakes. The dialect used to be considered the standard American accent until the region experienced a vowel shift‚ now called the North Cities Vowel Shift. Who Speaks the Chicago Dialect? Or rather‚ who doesn’t? The answer‚ of course‚ is African Americans in the Chicago region‚ who have their own (and infinitely more interesting) dialect. Though this may be obvious

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    A stylistic analysis of “The lady or the tiger? “ (200606702 赵颖秋)   1.Abstract: This paper is going to make out a brief analysis on the text The lady or the tiger?. It is written by the American writer Frank Richard Stockton. A story happen before time about a handsome young men having done a crime for loving the daughter of a semi-barbaric king and he would be judged by the justic system created by the king whether he is innocent or not. The analysis

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    a) special political and economic terms; b) non-term political vocabulary; c) newspaper clichés; d) abbreviations; e) neologisms. Publicist style. (oratory‚ speeches‚ essays‚ articles) the style is a perfect ex. Of historical changeability of stylistic differentiation of discourses. In Greece it was practiced in oral form which was named P. in accordance with the name of its corresponding genre. PS is famous for its explicit pragmatic function of persuasion directed at influencing the reader &

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    In the history of art‚ we have seen many paintings which share the same content‚ but were done by different artists in different movements. Each of the artists has a different style‚ different ways to observe what they see to translate into a painting. An example is the “The Regatta” by Theo van Rysselberghe in 1892‚ and the “Slave Ship” by Joseph Mallord William Turner in 1840. “The Regatta” is an oil on canvas painting‚ with the size of 25 x 33 inches. This painting depicts a seascape scene

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    "A String of Beads" is a short story written by W.Somerset Maugham in 1943. William Somerset Maugham is the world-famous novelist. He`s universally acknowledged as a short-story writer. His fame in this realm began with the book of short stories entitled “the Trembling of the Leaf” (1921) and continued with increasing momentum. His skill in creating vivid and original human characters is combined with beauty and refinement of language and style.It is actually a rather satirical story. The story

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    Jane Doe Professor Womack ENGL 3306 23 April 2010 The Lovers’ Verse: A Stylistic Analysis Much of the verse in A Midsummer Night’s Dream is written in rhymed couplets. At one point in the dialogue between Lysander and Helena‚ however‚ the couplet form expands to a triplet‚ three rhymes in a row‚ before returning to couplets: HELENA. Yet Hermia still loves you. Then be content. LYSANDER. Content with Hermia? No! I do repent The tedious minutes I with her have spent. Not Hermia‚ but Helena

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    “The Appointment in Samara” “The Appointment in Samara” was written by W. Somerset Maugham. She was born in 1874 and died in 1965. This story was published in 1933. In this short story she delivers a message about the harsh reality of death. It was said that when she published this that it caused an uproar and people were distraught. In this short story a man fears death is after him. He is confronted by death in a local supermarket he became terrified. He immediately in his mind thinks of a way

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    evaluative meaning. The context is arranged so that the qualifying word in irony reverses the direction of the evaluation‚ and the word positively charged is understood as a negative qualification and (much-much rarer) vice versa. Irony thus is a stylistic device in which the contextual evaluative meaning of a word is directly opposite to its dictionary meaning‚ So‚ like all other SDs‚ irony does not exist outside the context‚ which varies from the minimal - a word combination‚ as in J. Steinbeck’s

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    Somerset Maugham      Table:   Ⅰ. A brief introduction to the author   Ⅱ. Plot summary   Ⅲ. Comments    A. The Title    B. Love Relationships with Three Women    C. Comparisons between Stroeve and Strickland    D. Why is it Classic?    E. Sentences Analysis      Ⅰ. A brief introduction to the author   William Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965)‚ a famous British writer all over the world. Born in Paris‚ 1874‚ Maugham was the sixth and youngest son. His father Robert Ormond Maugham was an English

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