Linguopragmatic aspects of fictional texts in English and Karakalpak languages

5. The category of time and locale of action 
XIX century English fiction. Victorian era, England 
6. The shape of prose: 
Description, dialogue, represented speech, monologue 
7. The means of cohesion 
Anaphoric reference of cohesion grammatical signal 
High above the city, on a tall column, stood the statue of the Happy Prince. He was 
gilded all over with thin leaves of fine gold; for eyes he had two bright sapphires, 
and a large red ruby glowed on his sword-hilt. 

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8. Category of modality in the text concentrating on the addressee’s way of 
evaluation 
The name of the story is one of the personages. The author's homosexuality is 
reflected in his descriptions of the Prince and the Swallow; however, that fact does 
not detract from the literary value of this story at all. Rather, it makes the story 
religiously deeper and more touching. 
9. Stylistic devices 
SIMILE (comparisons using "like" or "as"): 
a) "He is as beautiful as a weathercock"; 
b) "He looks just like an angel"; 
ALLITERATION (repetition of initial consonant sounds): 
a) "Charity Children"b) "Mathematical Master"c) "lady-love"d) "Palace of San-
Souci" 
PERSONIFICATION (human abilities and traits are assigned to non-human 
beings): 
a) "'Shall I love you?' said the Swallow"; 
b) "The eyes of the Happy Prince were filled with tears, and tears were running 
down his golden cheeks"; 
METAPHOR (comparisons that do not use "like" or "as"): 
a) So he flew round and round her, touching the water with his wings, and making 
silver ripples (the ripples in the water are not actually silver; they only look like 
silver); 
ANAPHORA (repetition of a phrase): 
a) "Swallow, Swallow, little Swallow," (this is repeated 6 times, near the end of the 
story).