MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND SCIENCE OF UKRAINE IVAN FRANKO NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LVIV ENGLISH DEPARTMENT LEXICAL AND STYLISTIC DEVICES IN LEWIS CAROLL’S NOVEL «ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND» COURSE PAPER PRESENTED BY
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Types of Speeches “There are always three speeches for every one you actually gave: the one you practiced‚ the one you gave‚ and the one you wish you gave.” - Dale Carnegie‚ Writer and lecturer Public speech comes in dozens of forms. From the motivational to the ceremonial‚ the christening to the eulogy‚ the rehearsed best man to the impromptu – the chances are good that in your lifetime‚ you will experience just about every genre of public speaking. We will explore a variety of speeches styles
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express a quality or qualities possessed by a person or thing‚ or to represent a less tangible thing; e.g. Her face shone like the sun. With this broad definition‚ the metaphor subsumes within itself a number of other figures of speech: metonymy‚ synecdoche‚ synonym‚ catachresis‚ parable‚ etc. All conform to the basic framework of a figure of speech that achieves its objective by comparison‚ association or representation. Let us analyze a metaphorical statement: The school was a prison for him.
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BIBLIOGRAPHY Barber‚ C. 2000. The English Language. A Historical Introduction. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Baugh‚ A. and T. Cable. 2002. A History of the English Language‚ 5th edition. London: Routledge. Bejan‚ N. and Elena Asandei. 1981. Contemporary English Language: Syntax and Lexicology. Galaţi: Editura Universităţii din Galaţi. Brook‚ G. L. 1981. Words in Everyday Life. London: The Macmillan Press. Cannon‚ G. 1987. Historical Change and English
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“The schools in a portion of Boston stretching from just south of South Boston through Roxbury and into Dorchester are districted with a similar effect: the predominantly black areas are cut away from the predominantly white areas.” Morgan v. Hennigan‚ U.S. District Court for Massachusetts‚ 1974 THE SEEK BUTTON on the Ford’s radio is working. The downtown recedes. Miles of neighborhoods fill the windshield. The SEEK function locks on someplace in stereo‚ college FM probably. “Yeah‚” a new friend
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The Impact of Linguistic Differences on International Brand Name Standardization: A Comparison of English and Chinese Brand Names of Fortune-500 Companies Author(s): June N. P. Francis‚ Janet P. Y. Lam‚ Jan Walls Reviewed work(s): Source: Journal of International Marketing‚ Vol. 10‚ No. 1 (2002)‚ pp. 98-116 Published by: American Marketing Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25048880 . Accessed: 19/02/2012 07:18 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms
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Asian Studies Review March 2010‚ Vol. 34‚ pp. 3–18 History‚ Silence and Homelessness in Contemporary Chinese Cinema: Wang Xiaoshuai’s Shanghai Dreams RICHARD LETTERI* Furman University Abstract: Set a few years after China’s opening to the various forces of globalisation‚ the film Shanghai Dreams (2005) tells the story of the conflict between Qinghong‚ a 17 year-old schoolgirl who wishes to remain in her hometown of Guiyang‚ and her father‚ Lao Wu‚ whose dream of returning to his hometown of
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Similes are sometimes made without using the words "like" or "as." This often occurs when making comparisons of differing values. "Norman was more anxious to leave the area than Herman Milquetoast after seeing ten abominable snowmen charging his way with hunger in their eyes." "But this truth is more obvious than the sun--here it is; look at it; its brightness blinds you." "Shall I compare thee to a summer ’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate:" - William Shakespeare‚ Sonnet 18
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Blue Order: Wallace Stevens’s Jazz Experiments Corey M. Taylor Journal of Modern Literature‚ Volume 32‚ Number 2‚ Winter 2009‚ pp. 100-117 (Article) Published by Indiana University Press DOI: 10.1353/jml.0.0048 For additional information about this article http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/jml/summary/v032/32.2.taylor.html Access Provided by Purdue University at 08/22/12 4:11PM GMT Blue Order: Wallace Stevens’s Jazz Experiments Corey M. Taylor Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
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1 Literary Terms 1. Allegory: a literary work that has a second meaning beneath the surface‚ often relating to a fixed‚ corresponding idea or moral principle. as in metaphor‚ one thing (usually nonrational‚ abstract‚ religious) is implicitly spoken of in terms of something concrete‚ but in an allegory the comparison is extended to include an entire work or large portion of a work. 2. Alliteration: repetition of initial consonant sounds. It serves to please the ear and bind verses together‚ to
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