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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Snow Crash Neal Stephenson Online Information For the online version of BookRags’ Snow Crash Premium Study Guide‚ including complete copyright information‚ please visit: http://www.bookrags.com/studyguide-snow-crash/ Copyright Information ©2000-2007 BookRags‚ Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. The following sections of this BookRags Premium Study Guide is offprint from Gale’s For Students Series: Presenting Analysis‚ Context‚ and Criticism on Commonly Studied Works: Introduction‚ Author Biography
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Douglas Stewart’s radio play‚ The Fire On The Snow‚ first performed in 1941‚ presents the story of Captain Falcon Robert Scott’s tragic expedition to the South Pole. In the radio play‚ Stewart skilfully positions the audience to accept the dominant reading of the play by showing the dominant discourse: that heroes’ nobility depends on their action and ordinary people can become heroes too. Stewart also positions the audience by using the role of the Announcer as a mask for himself to give comments
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MEANING FROM A STYLISTIC POINT OF VIEW In stylistics meaning assumes prime importance. Because meaning is applied not only to words‚ word-combinations‚ sentences but also to the manner of expression. At certain moment meaning was excluded from observation in language science because it was considered an extra-linguistic category. The term “semantic invariant” was proposed as a substitute for meaning by R. Jakobson. The main problem of meaning which deals with is the interrelation between
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English III AP Period 5 Descriptive Essay Snow Day The most beautiful sight I ever saw was the day the entire city of Fort Collins had so much snow; everything had come to a standstill. A low pressure system had blown in the night before‚ and twenty-four hours and six feet of snow later‚ the entire city was engulfed in the snow’s icy grip. It didn’t matter what anyone tried‚ everyone was at the mercy of Mother Nature. But it was not until after the snow had melted away‚ its destructive beauty was
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Specially for Englishtips.org Daniel Funkner daniel_daniel@mail.ru White Fang Introduction He learned only about hate. Nobody gave him love‚ so he did not learn about that. A young wolf‚ White Fang‚ is born near the Mackenzie River‚ in north-west Canada‚ in about 1893. One day he meets some Indians and they take him and his mother to their camp. They know his mother because she is half-dog. White Fang begins to learn the ways of men—and of other dogs. The dogs hate him‚ so he hates them. He learns
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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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Robb White’s narrative‚ “FETCH!” discusses the importance of always speaking the truth. George Dixon is an archaeology student attending a job interview at a professor’s 17th-floor apartment. Upon opening the front door‚ George is greeted by a Great Dane‚ whom he is told to play with. However‚ as the dog poses a distraction in George’s preparation for his interview‚ he decides to roll the dog’s tennis ball underneath a chest. Unfortunately‚ the dog jumps out the open window above the chest; but before
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The ground was blanketed in sparkly white snow‚ and the tall‚ once-green trees were now completely white. Growing up in hot‚ dry South Australia meant we had never seen snow before - it was a childhood dream. To see snow‚ build a magnificent snowman‚ and stick a bright orange carrot for a nose‚ place a big red pot on his head and a long woolly scarf around his neck. And that dream was coming true‚ right in front of our eyes.
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English Snow Winter is my favorite time of the year. The snow is my favorite thing about winter. Snow is precipitation in the form of ice. That is form within clouds when the temperature outside drops to 30 degrees or below. Every year around November and December‚ it starts to fall. The snow is important to me because it bring me joy. Watching the snow fall is very peaceful. It falls without a sound unlike rain. There are a lot of things to do to with snow. Like making huge snow balls
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