I. Read the text and consider its following aspects:
a) Comment upon the choice of words in:
I‘m always fibbing (why not ―lying‖?); I never want to set eyes on you again (why not ―I never
want to see you again‖ ?); you‘ve a good deal in common with that cracked brother of yours (why
not ―you‘ve much in common with that mad brother of yours ?); some damned silly little squabble
(why not ―quarrel‖?)
b) Is the speech of the characters individualized? Illustrate your point.
c) Point out colloquialisms and bookish words and expressions. Explain the author‘s purpose in
using them.
d) Indicate the stylistic devices in: 1) And life‘s got a lot of dangerous corners – hasn‘t it,
Charles ? 2) It can have – if you don‘t choose your route well. 3) You lose the capacity for
building. You run short of the stuff that creates beautiful illusions, just as if a gland had stopped
working.
e) What other stylistic devices can you find in the extract from ―Dangerous Corner"?
f) Explain the allusion in: 1) The sleeping dog was the truth, do you see, and that man insisted upon
disturbing it. 2) To lie or not to lie – what do you think, Olwen?
g) Explain a considerable number of abbreviations occurring in the text (we‘re, it‘s, that‘s, you‘ll,
you‘re, I‘ve, etc).
h) Comment on the methods used for heightening the emotion in the concluding episode.
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