Stylistic Analysis The Great Gatsby By F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby is a novel by the American author F. Scott Fitzgerald. Fitzgerald was the most famous chronicler of 1920s America‚ an era that he called “the Jazz Age.” Written in 1925‚ The Great Gatsby is one of the greatest literary documents of this period. In this novel Scott Fitzgerald presents
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attraction to Miss Baker saying her voice "compelled [him] forward breathlessly as [he] listened"(18). The detail shows his immediate attraction right away and some sort of romantic chemistry between them. Chapter Two Fitzgerald uses many stylistic devices in chapter two‚ but the most dominant and important is the syntax. He opens the chapter describing the valley which is about half way between the West Egg and New York in a loose sentence. He says it’s a "valley of ashes" where they take
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“they”‚ followed by a transitive verb and then the object. In addition‚ the author express his thoughts and feelings straightforwardly. He rarely uses very long and complex modifiers or symbolic images which are hard for readers to dig out the real meaning. He just use the third-person point of view to describe the soldiers’ action and emotion directly‚ which makes readers feel like living with them and share their fear in the war. Another apparent feature of the phrasing is parataxis. For example‚
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Rhetorical Strategies and Stylistic Devices Alliteration- the occurrence of the same letter or sound at the beginning of adjacent or closely connected words. Ex. “GOD GRANT ME THE SERENITY TO ACCEPT THE THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE‚ COURAGE TO CHANGE THE THINGS I CAN‚ AND WISDOM ALWAYS TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE.” (Slaughter House-Five‚60) Allusion- a brief and indirect reference to a person‚ place‚ thing or idea of historical‚ cultural‚ literary or political significance. Ex. “Canst thou draw
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means of the author’s language our imagination depicts a distinct and colorful picture proving the effectiveness of the stylistic devices in Gordon’s description. It’s hard to believe but suspense is even growing from one paragraph to another turning just an investigation of a man’s knowledge into judgment day. And to my mind this allusion is chosen nonrandom but to emphasize a meaning of the exam for candidates. And Gordon asserts that if an examinee loses his nerve he’s like a cow in a bog and soon
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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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A Stylistics Analysis of Sons and Lovers 2006级教育硕士 周凌帆 2006694 一．Abstract: In this essay‚ I mainly talk about the author‚ D.H.Lawrence and his works. And I also give a brief analysis of Sons and Lovers. 二．Key words: Sons and Lovers‚ analysis 三．Body: 1. Brief account of the author of the passage David Herbert Lawrence is one of the major novelists of the English tradition He was born at Eastwood‚ England‚ in 1885‚ the fourth child of a collier father and a genteel mother
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"The Escape" by Somerset Maugham I have always believed that if a woman made up her mind to marry a man nothing could save him. I have only once known a man who in such circumstances managed to save himself. His name was Roger Charing. He was no longer young when he fell in love with Ruth Barlow and he had had enough experience to make him careful; but Ruth Barlow had a gift that makes most men defenceless. This was the gift of pathos. Mrs. Barlow was twice a widow. She had splendid dark eyes and
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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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David and Jennifer are living in the age of negativity. The environment is going to hell‚ unemployment is going to rise‚ life just sucks in general. This doesn’t bother Jennifer‚ but David wishes his life was more like his favorite 50′s TV show‚ Pleasantville. He’s seen every episode to the point of memorization; so when a mysterious TV repairman gives him a remote that transports him and his sister‚ Jennifer‚ into the show; he’s thrilled‚ but she is not. David (now Bud) tries to get Jennifer (now
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