Free Essays on Expressive Means And Stylistic Devices

  1. Expressive Means (Em) and Stylistic Devices (Sd)

    EXPRESSIVE MEANS (EM) AND STYLISTIC DEVICES (SD) A11 stylistic means of a language can be divided into expressive means (EM) and stylistic devices (SD). The expressive m e a n s of a language are those phonetic means, morphological forms, means of word-building, and lexical, phraseological and...

  2. Stylistic Analysis of James Joyces Eveline

    (“palpitations”, “excitement”, “illness”, “craziness”, “impulse of terror”, “maze of distress”, “nausea”, “anguish”). The featured lexical stylistic devices and expressive means used in the story are metaphor (“..watching the evening invade the avenue”, “All the seas of the world tumbled about her heart.” -...

  3. One Stair Up

    doesn’t pass judgments on his figures, but let them speak from themselves through their thoughts, emotions and feelings. This effect is achieved by means of inner represented speech. The story can be divided into three parts. Opening paragraph introduce the description of the cinema showing us...

  4. Literature

    the theme of the story; c) the means by which artistic effect is achieved; d) the details that help to create the atmosphere of an early spring morning; e) the symbolic character of the situation described; f) analyze the use of micro-components and dwell on their stylistic effect. A SAMPLE PLAN OF LITERARY...

  5. Stylistic Analysis of Kill Bill Vol. 1 and 2

    Stylistic Analysis of Quentin Tarantino’s Kill Bill Vol. 1 & 2 Quentin Tarantino is one of the most creative cinematic writers of modern film. His style drastically changed between Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill. The focus between these movies changes from dialogue to action. The concentration of...

  6. Escape,analyses

    critical of the morals and the narrow-mindedness. Realistic portrayal of life, keen character observation, and interesting plots coupled with beautiful, expressive language, a simple, clear, unadored style, place Somerset Maugham on a level with the greatest English writers of the 20th century. In general, Maugham's...

  7. Eng 125

    discovering insights and surprises that often are not seen in them, and (second) expressing what was observed or felt in the process. Poems, then, are a means of capturing what the poet experienced.” (Clugston, 2010) In both poetry and short stories, a theme is intended and communicated through the author’s...

  8. Sula Toni Morrison " Analyse Morrison’s depiction of love with reference to her development of character, relationships, structure and stylistic devices"

    love are central to ‘Sula’. Analyse Morrison’s depiction of love with reference to her development of character, relationships, structure and stylistic devices. In the novel Sula, It can be viewed that the author Toni Morrison takes an irregular view on the theme of motherly love that affects both...

  9. ANALYSIS OF THE ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF ADVERTISING TEXTS IN RUSSIAN LANGUAGE

    impossible to examine all the advertising fields only the most common have been chosen. The advertisements were selected from fields such as audio, video devices, computers, cars, food, postal services, alcoholic drinks, communications and so on. The nature of translation and its techniques continue to change...

  10. Text-Analysis Based on Functional Approach

    Reiss's classifications of text types. They are: 1) "Informative” texts: to convey information, knowledge and opinions etc.; content-centered. 2) "Expressive” texts: to convey the author's feelings, manifesting aesthetic value of language; form-centered. 3) "Appellative or operative” texts: to induce...

  11. english

    A Stylistic Analysis on the Nightingale and the Rose Abstract Oscar Wilde’s The Nightingale and the Rose, similar to other Oscar Wilde’s short stories, is written in an aesthetic voice. Throughout the story, Oscar Wilde employs various stylistic devices for the expression of aesthetic concept. In...

  12. Cry, the Beloved Country Stylistic Devices

    Almighty God with having created black men to hew wood and draw water for white men.” This is not only repetition of the word “we”, but brings in other stylistic elements commonly known as logos, pathos, and ethos. In the case of the quote above, Jarvis is using ethos. He appeals to the audience’s beliefs...

  13. To Kill a Mockingbird

    white”. This simile shows that Atticus wants to use the simplest words to explain what he means. Atticus says in his speech that Tom Robinson is not guilty but that there is a person in the court-room who is. He means Mayella Ewell. Atticus employs a simile to describe her as “a child, who hides stolen...

  14. “a City I Would Like to Live in”

    living organism, The Semantic system of a language 1. What does Philology study? The word ‘Philology’ is of Greek origin and means ‘love of a word ( logos). This term was used by the ancient Greek to denote a love of learning, of literature as well as of argument and reasoning...

  15. mistaken identity

    intertextual aspects of interpretation of the translated literary text; to determine the main stylistical devices of a literary text; to analyze principal characters of the literary works, using different means of characterization; to compare the characters, ideas, messages, images of several literary works; ...

  16. The Rhetorical Approach to Writing

    each student can be difficult. English teachers are entrusted with the task of teaching all aspects of writing: topic and paragraph development, stylistic and syntactic maturity, rhetorical aims and modes, manuscript and convention, and everything else pertaining to writing. All of these things are important...

  17. essay

    ranging from European graphic design history to contemporary Indian examples by Tara Books, India’s well-known avant-garde publisher to explore how expressive type can convey sound, texture, movement, colour, atmosphere and emotion. Associative typography can allow children (and adults) to discover unexpected...

  18. stylistic analysis

    This paper will be engaged in a stylistic of a movie called “the royal Tenenbaums”, looking specifically in four components of a stylistic systems of a movie, which are sound, editing, mise-en-scene and cinematography. Sound in a movie refers to any kind of sound that you hear in a movie it can either...

  19. Cat in the Rain: An Emotive Prose Hemingway Style Analysis

    Ernest Hemingway. It has been chosen because of this work's author's admiration for Hemingway's writings, their thematic and problematic depth and stylistic peculiarities. David Lodge, British literary critic, claims that this story is both realistic and modern as the assumed relationship between text...

  20. Indication

    associated with given on contiguity, adjacency, an accessory, to other kind of contact. For example: to drink two cups of coffee where the cup (“vessel”) means a measure of a liquid. Action of the mechanism metonymy leads to occurrence of new value or contextually caused change of a word meaning. [2] As...

  21. Pragmatic Analysis of English Advertisement

    Introduction……………………………………………………………...………..1 II. A Historical Retrospection of Metaphor……………………………...………...2 2.1 Aristotelian School: Metaphor—A Device of Rhetoric……………..……….2 2.2 The Platonic School—Language is Metaphorical……………….……………. 5 2.3 The Study of Metaphor from the 20th Century to the Present………………...

  22. literature

     Structure and Stylistic devices of “After twenty years” by O’ Henry Submitted to: Miss Sumera Submitted by: Aniza Batool Department of English language and literature university of Punjab Lahore. The title “After twenty years” shows the conflict of the story and irony...

  23. Love

    | | |through strong arguments and powerful rhetorical devices | |Structure |Appears more loosely structured |Follows a fairly rigid structure that focuses...

  24. Article

    Association (APA, 2001) and recent articles in the journal to which you plan to submit your manuscript. For renewing your acquaintance with the formal and stylistic elements of English prose, you can read Chapter 2 of the Publication Manual or any one of several style manuals. I recommend The Elements of Style...

  25. Propaganda, One of the Major Means of Social Control

    Farm is filled with songs, poems, and slogans, including Old Major's inspiring “Beasts of England.” This song serves as propaganda, one of the major means of social control. By making the working-class animals speak the same words at the same time, the pigs evoke an atmosphere of dignity and nobility...

  26. Music

    choices and techniques present at a given time and a given place is referred to as performance practice, whereas interpretation is generally used to mean either individual choices of a performer, or an aspect of music that is not clear, and therefore has a "standard" interpretation. In some musical genres...

  27. American Literature - What It Means to Be an American

    quality writers. I feel that literature needs to be expressive and informative. It should provoke ideas in the reader and detail experiences. What does it mean to be an American? It means the opportunity to have a free mind and voice. It means the chance to choose the path of education and knowledge...

  28. Irwin Shaw

    not to show its primitivism like in Eddie’s speech but to make it more emotionally powerful. Such stylistic device as the litotes “that is not unnatural” is used in Arline’s speech to make it more expressive and categorical. Arline tries to persuade Eddie to give her money to go to Kansas. In her speech...

  29. jerry I need you

    not a leader among the multitude of people, so that they were troubled and did not know what to do. Stylistics is a branch of linguistics that studies language style. The goal of most stylistics is not simply to describe the formal features of an article for their own sake, but in order to show their...

  30. oedipus the kings

    Spectacle obviously means the appearance of the actors on stage, costume, scenic effect, and so on. Diction is, of course, the language through which the characters express themselves it is a mean of interpreting the thought, feelings and sentiments of the character. It includes technical devices such as, metaphor...

  31. good

    STYLISTIC DIFFERENTIATION OF THE ENGLISH VOCABULARY Seminar 11 Questions 1 What sciences deal with extra-linguistic factors determining functioning and usage of language? 2 What are the aims of linguo-stylistics? Stylistics is a linguistic discipline which studies nominative and communicative...

  32. Case Study on an Advertisement in "Redbook"

    magazine especially for young women the target group of the magazine is congruent to the group of potential consumers addressed by the advertiser. That means: Young women standing on their own feet, living on their own should be reached. But that does not exclude that the advertisement might also be made...

  33. bob gym

    hedera leaf (e.g. ☙) has also been used in the same way. Indented paragraphs demonstrated in the US Constitution In ancient manuscripts, another means to divide sentences into paragraphs was a line break (newline) followed by an initial at the beginning of the next paragraph. An initial is an oversize...

  34. Discuss the Sublime According to Longinus

    poetry. He advice poets to avoid such imperfections like tumidity (Pompous style), puerility (silly) and parenthyrsus (misplaces emotions). Tumidity means pomposity in style of writing. He accuses many poets like Gorgias, Callisthenes and Amphicrates for using high flown expressions and confused imagery...

  35. Manual on Writing

    |35 | | Blog Comment Rubric |36 | |V. Stylistic/Mechanical Elements of Writing | | | Brief Description ...

  36. Art History - Renaissance and Its Influence

    artistic exploration by mankind into the direction of modernity. For one thing the increasing affluence of the average European household, through the means of expanding global trade, and the resulting emphasis on the value of the human being, meant that mankind could break the shackles of the guilt which...

  37. concepts of music

    regular and irregular metres ‘Promises, Promises’ by Burt Bacharach metric groupings ‘Seven Nation Army’ by The White Stripes rhythmic devices tempo methods of notating duration, both traditional and graphic. ‘African Journey’ from Baraka by Dead Can Dance CHAPTER 1 Duration ...

  38. brand compare

    of the boots. However, more importantly, the self-expressive and emotional benefits construct Nike as having a hardworking, winning mentality, provocative, edgy, and competitive attitude, and a focus on individuality. Contrarily, Adidas’ self-expressive and emotional benefits portray the organisation as...

  39. Pros and cons of being a young psycologist

    size-of-unit and identity-of-unit problems. Lex studies the word of the vocabulary of the language. The term lex comes from Greek. “lexic” means “word” and “logos” means the study of. The word studies from different points of view. EG: It was a very good ball. (the exam. shows that without the context we...

  40. Stylistics

    to religion. I repeat here again that they are innocent and therefore do not have all these information stored in their young and fresh mind. STYLISTIC FEATURES. The segmentation of the lines in this poems are clear. For example, ‘Babies are best. They give no offence ...

  41. Viva Voce preparation

    in each piece of music. For example, the chosen topic may be the role of the bass. In rock music, the concepts of duration, pitch and dynamics and expressive techniques will be appropriate, but if you have a different focus and want to explore the role of the bass in an orchestra, you will have to recognise...

  42. Stereotyping Language Community

    description of the weasel. It shapes the atmosphere of the story symbolizing fate and dissatisfaction of life. Metaphors and simile is the main stylistic device used by Dillard, for instance, “like a stubborn label”, “like blood pulsed into my gut”, “vows of poverty, chastity”.  She uses conceit and extended...

  43. Lexicology

    peculiarities and grammatical relations between words. Linguostylistics studies the nature, functioning and structure of stylistic devices and the styles of a language. Language is a means of communication. Thus, the social essence is inherent in the language itself. The branch of linguistics which deals...

  44. Written comunication

    done at three levels: grammatical, lexical and semantical. Grammatical and lexical Cohesion: textual sentences are linked by grammatical and lexical means which prompt readers to interpret them as belonging together. Semantic Coherence: the continuity of concepts and the relations between them. Addresser...

  45. book review

    throughout the story line and finds ways and means to escape the grey, dry and overbearing world of the aunt. The vocabulary is in keeping with the subject-matter. There is a frequent use military terms and religious words. The author uses to a lot of stylistic devices in order to show inner world of main...

  46. structure of words

    demarcation line separating those aspects or levels from one another, on the one hand, and the connections between them, on the other. This is by no means an easy task, as we shall more than once have occasion to observe. Our subject is the grammatical structure of English, and we shall have to delineate...

  47. The Beneficial and Controversial Use of a Tracking Device

    The Beneficial and Controversial Use of a Tracking Device In advertising, tracking devices can be sold to companies in the form of software or small tracking chips for security purposes or keeping track of a specific object. That in itself sounds like company protocol, to ensure the security of highly...

  48. Martin Scorsese

    Fear; The Age of Innocence; Casino; Bringing Out the Dead; Gangs of New York; The Aviator; and The Departed) there is a major thematic shift and more stylistic variances that make for a refreshing take on women’s independence; the power and destructive capabilities of love and the overall ‘style’ in which...

  49. Global Arthroscopy Devices Market: Industry Analysis, Trend and Growth, 2015 - 2025 by Future Market Insights

    Arthroscopy Devices Market Share, Global Trends, Analysis, Research, Report, Opportunities, Segmentation and Forecast, 2015 Future Market Insights www.futuremarketinsights.com sales@futuremarketinsights.com Report Description Report Description Surgeons use arthroscopy as a means of seeing...

  50. Martin Luther King Jr.

    use of ethos, especially his use of biblical references, makes his opinions more authoritative. Through his descriptions, passionate tone, and expressive examples, King’s arguments evoke an emotional response in his readers. King’s use of pathos gives him the ability to inspire fellow civil rights...

  51. CPDLCThe Benefits of Input and Output Devices in Aviation.

     The Benefits of Input and Output Devices in Aviation. In the early years of commercial airlines, communications between aircraft and air traffic controllers relied solely on the use of VHF radios signals that were bounced off of the ionosphere for long range communications. This...

  52. lit device

    Literary Devices   Metaphor and simile.             Comparisons. A simile uses the words “as” or “like”; a metaphor does not.             Examples: “He’s a pig” is a metaphor. “He looks like a pig” and “He’s as fat as a pig” are similes.   Personification.             Attributing human or other...

  53. A Stylistic Analysis of a Clean, Well-Lighted Place

    教育硕士专业课作业 A stylistic Analysis of A Clean, Well-lighted Place Abstract: Hemingway’s narrative method, like his prose style, was direct and terse. It was his aim to project people living within the framework of the action of the story, and stripped of unnecessary exterior reference or comment...

  54. Text linguistics

    Sociocultural approach to text description Literary studies’ and stylistic approach to text description Etc. Text Linguistics Module 1 Tasks for tutorial classes Tutorial # 2 (1 hour) Theme: Text as a form/device and result of communication process. Text formation factors...

  55. Electronic Devices Could Be Really Troubling

    society full of new technologies means being in a new era. Nowadays, people cannot live without computers, cell phones, e-books, PDA’S etc… It is good to know what happens around the world through a computer, but the enormous popularity and exposure of these “electronic devices” can lead to a dangerous addiction...

  56. communication - role in society

    shared by human languages. Communication is the flow or exchange of information within people or group of people. A variety of verbal and non-verbal means of communicating exists such as body language, eye contact, sign language, haptic communication, chronemics, and media such as pictures, graphics, sound...

  57. Valuation

    o Centralized structure, does have an atrium, balcony o Similar to San Vitale (exterior shell, carrying a dome) o Means a chapel that is for the use of the emperor o Has 3 stories, use of marble being imported o Columns were also introduced,...

  58. Analysis

    more and more emphasis. The author’s choice of vocabulary and stylistic devices in this story emphasize a deep dissension between people, to convey a thrilling power of people’s thoughts. The author uses a large variety of stylistic devices, such as epithets to show us the great difference between good...

  59. WRTG 391 The Impact of Mobile Devices on Cybersecurity

    WRTG 391 The Impact of Mobile Devices on Cybersecurity Click Link Below To Buy: http://hwcampus.com/shop/wrtg-391-impact-mobile-devices-cybersecurity/ Synthesis Essay (sometimes called a Literature Review) Topic: The Impact of Mobile Devices on Cybersecurity. Writing Assignment #3...

  60. Types of Meaning

    the first type of rendering is translation, transliteration, transcription. In transliteration the words are rendered with the help of the graphical means of different alphabets. In transcription it is sound that is rendered. Transliteration is often used in contemporary fiction. 2. Calquing (калки)parts...