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XOLIQOVA FARANGIZStylistics Midterm
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- Metonymy: The relation between a container and the thing contained.
- It is irony. Here irony in the word “sweet” is realised within a sentence.
- Zeugma based on interaction of independent and connected meanings of the word
- It is a metaphor expressed by verb.
- Alliteration
- Hyperbola
- Simple Epithet
- Inversion
- Repetition
- Anaphora
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Group: 402 Xoliqova Farangiz Midterm on Stylistics Find stylistic devices in the following sentences. Comment on them. And silken, sad, uncertain, rustling of each purple curtain. Alliteration The hall applauded. Metonymy: The relation between a container and the thing contained. The long arm of the law will catch him in the end. Personification Stoney smiled the sweet smile of an alligator. It is irony. Here irony in the word “sweet” is realised within a sentence. Mr. Stiggins ... took his hat and his leave. Zeugma based on interaction of independent and connected meanings of the word In private I should call him a liar. In the press you should use the words “Reckless disregard for truth” Euphemism He has a tongue like a sward and a pen like a dagger. Simile He earns his living by his pen. Metonymy Money burns a hole in my pocket. It is a metaphor expressed by verb. . to the to the place where the where the Stars and the Stripes stood shoulder to shoulder with the Union Jack. Metonymy A fly and a flee in the flue were imprisoned. Said the fly: ‘Let us flee’, Said the flee: ‘Let us fly’... Alliteration The laugh in her eyes died and was replaced by something else. Metaphor The earth is made for Dombey and Son to trade in and the sun and the moon were made to give them light. Hyperbola Every Caesar has his Brutus. Antonomasia: Proper nouns are used as national words: There are three doctors in an illness like yours ... Dr. Rest, Dr. Diet and Dr. Fresh air. Antonomasia Whether the Nymph shall stain her honor or her new brocade or lose her heart or necklace at a ball. Zeugma The money she had accepted was two soft, green, handsome ten-dollar bills. Simple Epithet She possessed two false teeth and a sympathetic heart. Zeugma A good generous prayer it was. Inversion In he got and away they went. INVERSION Calm and quiet below me in the sun and shade lay the old house. Inversion One may see by their footprints that they have not walked arm in arm; that they have not walked in a straight track, and that they have walked in a moody humour. Repetition I looked at the gun, and the gun looked at me. Chiasmus The hospital was crowded with the surgically interesting products of the fighting in Africa. Periphrasis The pulsating motion at Malay Camp at night was everywhere. People sang. People cried. People fought. People loved. People hated. Anaphora “You have heard of Jefferson Brick 1 see, Sir,” — quoth the Colonel with a smile. “England has heard of Jefferson Brick. Europe has heard of Jefferson Brick” Anaphora The mechanics were unpaid, and underfed, and overworked. Alliteration “What has my life been? Fag and grind, fag and grind. Turn the wheel, turn the wheel.” Repetition The laugh in her eyes died and was replaced by something else. Metaphor For every look that passed between them, and the word they spoke, and every card they played, the dwarf had eyes and ears. Gradation Download 10.67 Kb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: 
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