VOCABULARY FOR STYLE ANALYSIS 1. The problem of the text: to set an important (serious‚ burning‚ urgent‚ vital) problem‚ to solve the problem of‚ it seems to be a great problem (of ...)‚ to render the idea of social injustice‚ inequality‚ pollution‚ humanity‚ charity‚ the state independence‚ unemployment‚ discrimination‚ to tackle the problem of 1. The point of the story: to make the point plain‚ to show how vital the point of the text is‚ to expound the point by repeating the
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------------------------------------------------- Figure of speech From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia "Figures of speech" redirects here. For the hip hop group‚ see Figures of Speech. A figure of speech is the use of a word or words diverging from its usual meaning. It can also be a special repetition‚ arrangement or omission of words with literal meaning‚ or a phrase with a specialized meaning not based on the literal meaning of the words in it‚ as in idiom‚ metaphor‚ simile‚ hyperbole‚ or personification
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Hyperbole- Exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally. “I must have told you that a thousand times”(Porter‚ 413). The effect of the hyperbole in “The Jilting of Granny Weatherall” is showing that even sick‚ granny still has a quick temper in teaching her kids life lessons. This brings her character more to life as readers realize that before she was sick she was a caring mother who corrected her children often. Understatement- the presentation of something as being smaller
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Pyatachev E.G. Text Three From W.S. Leslie Poles Hartley (1895-1972)‚ the son of a solicitor‚ was educated at Harrow and Balliol College‚ Oxford and for more than twenty years from 1932 was a fiction reviewer for such periodicals as the Spectator; Sketch‚ Observer and Time and Tide. He published his first book‚ a collection of short stories entitled "Night Fears" in 1924. His novel "Eustace and Hilda" (1947) was recognized immediately as a major contribution to English fiction; "The Go-Between"
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Vanity Fair A Novel without a Hero (Book Report) I. Book title: “Vanity fair: A novel without a Hero” II. Author: William Makepeace Thackeray III. Theme: Thackeray wants his audience to realize how vanity itself can affect how people act. It is mainly a story about two girls with different outlooks in life; entangled in problems that neither of them could face well. IV. Main Characters: Miss Barbara Pinkerton – presiding over an Academy for Young ladies Jemima Pinkerton – sister
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scrawled the words “this machine kills fascists” onto his acoustic guitar. It marked the beginning of an era where American rock & roll music would infiltrate politics and alter political realities both at home and abroad. Guthrie’s “machine” was a synecdoche for music‚ specifically‚ music’s ability to topple authoritarianism and rattle the political landscape. The epitaph foretold that sometimes a guitar‚ more than even armaments or peace treaties‚ had the capacity to reshape the world. In the years
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Review sheet: Comm Arts 370‚ Fall 2012‚ Exam One Terms Week 1: Introduction rhetoric; rhetor; public address; rhetorical theory; rhetorical criticism Rhetoric- 1)According to Locke‚ Rhetoric was described as a powerful tool of deception‚ we should aspire to scientific language or a “perfect cheat” 2) Quintilian- The Art of speaking well 3) According to Professor‚- Rhetoric is strategic-often persuasive use of communication Rhetor- One who does or performs rhetoric. Uses rhetoric through
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1729 - first Potato Famine abortions - the scheme will prevent _____ absentee landlords - ________ were sucking the money out of Ireland alive - besides making 8 shillings‚ the parents won’t have to worry about keep the child ____ after the first year alms - money or goods given to the poor; charity animosity - n: hostility; hatred annum - Yearly (as in per annum) appeal to authority - cites "experts" in the field as if this action would resolve the issue appeal to pity - arouses strong feelings
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The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock 1. I would describe Prufrock’s fantasy as a morbid fantasy he has come up with‚ that creates a long metaphor which correlates to Dante’s Divine Comedy. Through his mesmerizing use of dramatic monologue‚ he compares his version of hell as a lonely and abandoned dream‚ possible consciousness; that leads me to conclude that Prufrock’s problem ranges from a state of depression and loneliness that he integrates into this strange‚ ironic love song. 2. The simile in
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Exam Name: UGC- NET / JRF Examination Subject: General Awareness or GK (Second Paper) 1. Which novel has a nameless narrator? (a) Moby Dick (b) Anna Karenina (c) Invisible Man (d) The Grapes of Wrath 2. Samuel Beckett wrote - (a) Volpone (b) Mother Courage and Her Children (c) A Doll’s House (d) Endgame 3. Which one of the following author-book pairs is correctly matched? (a) Elfride Jelinek - The Pianist (b) J.M. Coetzee- Shame (c) Saul Bellow - Herzog (d) Salman Rushdie - Disgrace
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