ASSIGNMENTS TO THE ANALYSIS OF STYLE
I. Point out into how many parts the text logically falls. Entitle them. What is the character
and mood of each part? Explain how the tension increases.
II. Analyze a) the syntactical and b) the lexical expressive means or devices in each part.
Account for their use. Enlarge on their-role in enhancing the vividness of the description or
narration. Here are some hints that may be helpful:
a) emphatic inversion (see paragraphs 1, 10, 14, 18); repetition (reiteration) (3, 17 "explain",
19 "dig", "digging"), parallel patterns (7, 8, 10);
indirect speech (16); non-personal direct speech (12, sentences 2, 3, 4, 5);
anadiplosis (22); the conjunction "but" beginning a paragraph (o), the conjunction "and"
beginning a paragraph (25).
b) metaphors (1, 2, 5, 10, 11. 12, 19, 22, 23, 24); epithets (5. 7, 8, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14. 19, 21,
22); similes (8, 9); slang (10, 23); archaisms (19. 22); periphrastic euphemism (22 "by initial
impulse" instead of "kicking down").
Ill. Pay special attention to the difference between the vocabulary employed by the author in
the descriptive and narrative parts (elevated words) and the conversation (words of neutral style and
colloquialisms). How do you account for it?
IV. Speak of the method of character-drawing applied by the author. What suggestions of
Martin's character can we draw from a) the author's description, b) from what other characters say
of him. c) from his own actions and words?
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