The text under analysis is a story written by O’Henry. O’Henry is a pseudonym of William Sydney Porter. He was an American writer‚ noted for his numerous short stories. He worked in various jobs: as a rancher‚ bank teller‚ as a journalist. He founded a comic weekly magazine “The Rolling Stone” before being employed by “The Houston Post” to write a humorous daily coloumn. In 1898 he was convicted of embezzlement and served a three-year term in the federal penitentiary. After that he contributed short
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In the short story Eveline by James Joyce‚ the author challenges the morals of a young woman torn between desire and familial obligation. Joyce manipulates the theme of reflection as a tool for Eveline to make a life altering decision of staying in the comfortable atmosphere where she confined and controlled by her father and her boss‚ or to run off to the unknown with a man who loves her and offers her a life of security. This essay will analyze and explain the deixis‚ cohesion‚ process and participant
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In the story "Pilon‚" by Sandra Cisneros‚ she sets the scene by describing her case of Deja vu and starts describing an organ grinder which makes everyone remember a loved one which the tone must be sad due to the fact some people would remember the loss of a child or other family member. By pulling the reader’s attention to the music and how the instrument makes everyone feel Cisneros is trying to set the mood and a setting to the story. The reference of the to the red Rubicon is based on a roman
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3. Stylistic Analysis As long as a language is produced from a human being‚ it inevitably reflects its speaker’s background (e.g.‚ their birth‚ their generation‚ or their social class). Even if they use the same language such as English‚ Asians may hardly speak or write in the way British do. That being so‚ given the exceptional roots of Ishiguro as an English-language writer‚ it seems fairly understandable for many critics to assume that this idiosyncrasy (i.e.‚ some remnants of Japan)‚ more or
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Pressing Frustration Martin Luther King’s “I Had a Dream” speech expresses the tones of pressing frustration. King demands that the government give the overdue debt of liberty for African Americans. He imagines a future of fellowship between races and is passionately arguing for this equality of all men. King’s diction intensifies his compelling dissatisfaction with the cruel treatment the white American government gives the blacks. The nation is long overdue in “cash(ing) a check” of liberty
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What is meant by style and stylistics? Style is concerned with the artful expression of idea and stylistics is the bridge that links the idea of style to the analysis of literary texts through the tool of linguistics. The 19th century‚ that witnessed evolution in the field of biography‚ historiography‚ anthropology and others‚ could not remain unattached to immutable linguistic and stylistic norms in literature. Linguistic study was esoteric in the beginning and severely criticized as‚ "pretension
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Lexical stylistic devices Metaphor. Sustained metaphor O Rose‚ thou art sick! The invisible worm That flies in the night‚ In the howling storm‚ Has found out thy bed Of crimson joy‚ And his dark secret love Does thy life destroy. [William Blake “The sick rose” http://www.poetry-archive.com/b/the_sick_rose.html] novel metaphor: Time is jealous of you and wars against your lilies and your roses [Wilde O. The Picture of Dorian Gray. Penguin books. 1994. P.30] Conventional metaphor "If all the world’s
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SIW Module 1 Variant 2 Theme: Stylistic Devices. Analysis of the text. 1. Point out three metaphors and three epithets used by the author to characterize the main character (Stephens) and comment on them. Three metaphors : trifle embarrassed apologetic laugh forcible ring Three epithets: thick-set and stout a round red face bullet-shaped head All these stylistic devices describe the main hero as a person who is very tired of life‚ he is passive‚ but he wants to change something
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language has become a focus of attention. In this paper‚ under the theory of modern stylistics‚ the stylistic features of cyber language and its causes were discussed from vocabulary and grammatical levels. The author has demonstrated some lexical features of cyber language with a number of examples. Then‚ in the second part‚ the grammatical features have been discussed. And the third part is about the causes of these stylistic features. 1.1 Background of the Present Study From 1990s‚ the Internet has
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The breaking news piece of the disappearance of Malaysian Airlines Flight MH370 left the world holding their breath. The story broke via BBC Breaking News’ twitter account on the 8th of March 2014. It seemed like a routine flight from Kuala Lumpa‚ Malaysia to Beijing in China. The Boeing 777-200ER was carrying12 crew and 227 passengers‚ 6 of which were Australian. The four news pieces chosen to analyse vary in proximity and format‚ including internet articles from news businesses The Wall Street
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