of nouns. Stylistic function of articles‚ genitive case‚ plural number. Stylistic functions of different grammatical categories in different parts of speech. 1) Stylistic transposition of pronouns. 2) Adjectives‚ stylistic function of degrees of comparison. 3) Stylistic functions of verbal categories. 4) Stylistic functions of adverbs. Style is less investigated on the morphological level than on any other one because very many scholars hold the opinion that stylistic connotations
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Edward Gibbon the Historian Edward Gibbon’s The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is a historical work that is more than two hundred years old‚ and yet it’s popularity continues to remain strong among the educated public. This masterpiece has been called “The greatest history that has ever been published” (Miller 1). The value of this work and its reliability have been exhaustibly questioned‚ praised and criticized. So what is it that draws people to read his work? Gibbon introduces The Decline
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Maugham (1874-1965) is one of the best known writers of the present day. He was not only a novelist‚ but also one of the most successful dramatists and short-story writer. The short-story “Louise” was published in 1936. This story is about the woman who used to get everything what she wants using her “weak heart”. The gist of the problem raised by the author in this story is relationship between people. This problem is always urgent. The main idea conveyed by the author is that some people can be so
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Good morning Mrs. Tattio‚ Mr. Ellis and students i will be speaking to you about a new hsc prescribd text Amanda lohrey’s vertigo‚ the ideas conveyed in the text are the connection to place and coping with grief and loss. Similarly‚ in my related text stolen by jane Harrison‚ I will be focusing on the protagonist‚ Ruby who was forced to work as a domestic from a young age‚ whose mental health was adversely affected by the sexual abuse of her white ‘carers’. The themes I will be discussing in this
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Taylor Stephan Section 2 Exam “States” 1. Edward Said emphasizes the scattered‚ alienated nature of the Palestinian people. In my opinion‚ Said clearly displays that it is unfair to ask “What is it you Palestinians want?”. Palestine‚ once recognized as a country and a community‚ is now shattered into a plethora of pieces. These pieces‚ or people each with memories and experiences‚ were sprinkled all across the world. It would seem impossible to share national pride when one’s country does
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the snow look like. This masterpiece is so vivid that made me immerse in the scene of snow every time when I sang it. The Snow was composed by English composer Edward Elgar in 1894. At that time‚ Edward was still young‚ enjoying sweet and peaceful life in a scenic countryside with his wife. Inspiring by the beautiful snow‚ Edward iconically composed The Snow in ternary form to demonstrate the whole life of
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A young man who was going to have his 30th birthday drew international attention during the summer of 2013. A former contractor of the Booz Allen Hamilton‚ Edward Snowden works as an analyst who maintains the network security for the National Security Agency. In May‚ Snowden released to The Guardian and The Washington Post details of the NSA’s several classified domestic and global surveillance programs. Snowden soon fled to Hong Kong and interviewed there by The Guardian’s columnist Glenn Greenwald
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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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Ernest Hemingway (July 21‚ 1899 – July 2‚ 1961) Ernest Miller Hemingway was born on July 21‚ 1899 in Oak Park‚ Illinois to Dr. Clarence Edmonds Hemingway and Grace Hall Hemingway. The second of six children‚ Ernest enjoyed an adventurous boyhood‚ fishing and hunting with his father in the northern woods of Michigan. After graduating high school‚ Ernest traveled to Kansas City and worked as a cub reporter for The Kansas City Star. In 1918‚ he began service as an ambulance driver for the Italian army
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On 1741 in Enfield‚ Connecticut‚ puritan minister Jonathan Edwards‚ gave a harsh sermon to a congregation to disclose how angry God is at those who sin and that only by His grace they can be saved. In Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God the minster uses an emotional appeal to convey what would happen to the people who were considered as God’s enemies because they have not been born again. For example‚ the author admonishes‚ “...the devil is waiting for them‚ hell is gaping for them‚ the flames
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