Free Essays on Stylistics

  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

    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...

  3. 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...

  4. Stylistic Analysis of James Joyces Eveline

    states (“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...

  5. 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 ...

  6. 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...

  7. 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...

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

    of 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. 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...

  10. ENG 215 WEEK 7 ASSIGNMENT 4 PERSUASIVE PAPER PART 2

    public schools thesis always makes the case for a story’s value or validity. After writing the draft, proofread for grammatical, mechanical, and stylistic errors. For information about the 20 Common Writing Errors in composition courses, go the Ashford Writing Center (Chapter 6, Section 6.1) and then...

  11. mistaken identity

    learning English. Interdisciplinarity: the course of The Interpretation of the literary text , LA is tightly connected to English lexis, grammar, stylistics, lexicology, civilization, history of English, theory and practice of translation. The place of the subject in the plan of studying: The subject...

  12. characters

    to relay a point about a personal experience to the reader, style and grammar are also key to the essay's success. Your essay should include these stylistic and grammatical components: dialogue correct use of gerunds, infinitives, participles, and phrases use of questions use of simple, compound, complex...

  13. The Badlands, The Graduate and The Sound of Music Movie comparison

    pleasant visuals, complex and involved set design. I found The Sound of Music to be a rather lavishing, smooth and well executed film. The film’s stylistic characteristics definitely added to the feel of the film, to me the editing felt like it was cut in such a way that it adds to the happy-go-lucky...

  14. personal development

    watercolour, charcoal or photograph (size/ type of film, camera, technology, cropped or uncropped) Style: What is the stylistic form of this image? Does it conform to a stylistic genre - Expressionism, Cubism, documentary, reportage...? or a historic era – the Renaissance, Modernism? What subjects...

  15. Analysis

    with 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...

  16. ENG 121 WEEK 5 FINAL PAPER

    your thesis statement by utilizing effective evidence and details. c. Demonstrate logical order. d. Be proofread for grammatical, mechanical, and stylistic errors. e. Incorporate feedback provided by your instructor or teaching assistant. f. Meet the requirements outlined in the “Course Grading” section...

  17. ENG 121 Week 4 DQ 2 Revision Sample

    your classmate used. b. Make one concrete suggestion about how the revision sample can be further improved. Please do not comment on grammar or stylistics—just content. Response posts must be 125 to 200 words in length and posted by Day 7. If you have questions about how to participate in discussions...

  18. Poem 25

    readers’ emotions” (68). Analysis of these ways in the class will only be possible if the poem selected for the studying covers a greater portion of the stylistic devices. The author of Domestic Work creates an image of a life well lived by an African-American woman, who is a domestic worker. She creates an...

  19. Dear John

    the sentence structure was a mixture of short and long sentences that were written in the active voice. The author also used parallelism as his stylistic device for writing, and the descriptive sentences expressed his writing style. The writer’s style in this passage is very descriptive with detailed...

  20. ENG 121 UOP COURSE TUTORIAL/SHOPTUTORIAL

    you identify your strengths and weaknesses as a writer, and it will allow the instructor the opportunity to identify grammatical, mechanical, and stylistic problems specific to each student. You will earn full credit for completing this assignment, as long as you follow instructions. Word Range: 400-500...

  21. ENG 121 Week Three Journal - Paraphrasing

    quotations. Please note that the journal assignment should not be confused with a personal journal. This activity requires organization, effective stylistics and grammar, and proper source incorporation. It is not a free-writing or reflective writing exercise. Both of the personal essays we have read...

  22. Indication

    subjects. These similar features subsequently influence the comparison of all characteristics of subjects of metonymy. As comparison can be literal, stylistic function is offered to metaphorical definition also. Under metonymy sometimes bring also characteristic for informal conversation a variation of...

  23. Truman Capote

    writing the story. In addition to his immediacy, Capote’s syntax keeps the reader interested throughout the entire story. One of the most important stylistic features of “A Christmas Memory” is Truman’s use of immediacy. Capote wrote the story as an adult, remembering a time of over twenty years in the...

  24. 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...

  25. ENG 121 Week Two Journal - Quotes

    quotations. Please note that the journal assignment should not be confused with a personal journal. This activity requires organization, effective stylistics and grammar, and proper source incorporation. It is not a free-writing or reflective writing exercise. Both of the personal essays we have read...

  26. Fadfad

    The student employs critical apparatus inappropriately or not at all. | If you achieve at this level You structure your essay about how different stylistic devices are used in The Catcher in the Rye to achieve different purposes in regard to characterization, theme, tone etc. in a way that is seldom effectiveYour...

  27. ENG 125 Week 1 Assignment Journal One Identifying Conflicts From Other Sources

    college course is more than that. It is a way to practice formal academic writing, which pays close Assignment attention to spelling, grammar, and stylistics. It has a controlling thought that is explored and supported with appropriate sources. While the purpose of this journal is to have you thoughtfully...

  28. ENG 121 ASH Course Tutorial / eng121dotcom

    your thesis statement by utilizing effective evidence and details. c. Demonstrate logical order. d. Be proofread for grammatical, mechanical, and stylistic errors. e. Incorporate feedback provided by your instructor or teaching assistant. f. Meet the requirements outlined in the “Course Grading” section...

  29. Brick Mansions – Film and Genre Analysis

    hardcore fighting, murders, corruption and related vices. This paper is an endeavor to explain the extent to which the 2014 crime drama conforms to the stylistic conventions of the genre. Summary and Plot The movie opens with some flash scenes from the major media houses of the country showing the extent...

  30. ENG 121 ASH Courses / ashtutorial

    story. A narrative thesis always makes the case for a story’s value or validity. After writing the draft, proofread for grammatical, mechanical, and stylistic errors. For information about the 20 Common Writing Errors in composition courses, go the Writing Center (Chapter 6, Section 6.1) and then review...

  31. ENG 121 ASH Courses / asheng121dotcom

    you identify your strengths and weaknesses as a writer, and it will allow the instructor the opportunity to identify grammatical, mechanical, and stylistic problems specific to each student. You will earn full credit for completing this assignment, as long as you follow instructions. Word Range: 400-500...

  32. To Kill a Mockingbird

    this simile he tries to approve Mayella's behavior and make the reader feel sorry for her. In this part of the extract we come across a number of stylistic devices, most of which serve to emphasize the meaning of the utterance. First of all it is rhetorical questions which Atticus asks and answers himself...

  33. One Stair Up

    the cinema in its early period. Another remarkable feature of the description is long, complex sentences. All above mentioned expressive means and stylistic devices help us to picture the image of cinema-hall as a very luxurious and even sacred place, a visit to which was not only an entertainment but...

  34. 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...

  35. ENG 121 Week Four Journal - Summarizing

    quotations. Please note that the journal assignment should not be confused with a personal journal. This activity requires organization, effective stylistics and grammar, and proper source incorporation. It is not a free-writing or reflective writing exercise. Both of the personal essays we have read...

  36. Doctor in the house

    there, but they were a subdued, muttering crowd, like the supporters of a home team who had just been beaten in a cup tie. V. Stylistic devices. The text full of stylistic devices. Metaphor is a relation between the dictionary and contextual logical meanings based on the affinity or similarity of...

  37. Lexicology

    can be defined as words conveying the same notion, but different in connotation, e.g. forest – wood, apartment – flat. Stylistic synonyms are the words which are different in stylistic characteristics, e.g. girl – girls. The English word stock is extremely reach in synonyms. Borrowing is the most powerful...

  38. Analysis of the Chimney Sweeper by William Blake

    expressed through the semantic stylistic devices. For example: - one simile between a light curly child’s hair and lamb’s fur: head, that curl’d like a lamb’s back - epithets: white hair, bright key - one metaphor: coffins of black In fact the semantic stylistic devices are not used often...

  39. Advertisement Translation

    part, the most important part, points out the three main aspects of functional equivalence, semantic equivalence, social-cultural equivalence and stylistic equivalence. At the meantime, the equivalence on different levels and how to achieve functional equivalence in advertisement translation are also...

  40. ENG 121 ASH Courses Tutorial / Uoptutorial

    you identify your strengths and weaknesses as a writer, and it will allow the instructor the opportunity to identify grammatical, mechanical, and stylistic problems specific to each student. You will earn full credit for completing this assignment, as long as you follow instructions. Word Range: 400-500...

  41. ENG 121 Week 4 DQ 2 Revision Sample

    your classmate used. b. Make one concrete suggestion about how the revision sample can be further improved. Please do not comment on grammar or stylistics—just content. Response posts must be 125 to 200 words in length and posted by Day 7. If you have questions about how to participate in discussions...

  42. Newburgh Proposal

    other with a focus on the newburg- beacon bridge. As this is a time where the waterfront is once again bustling with commerce and industry, this stylistic endeavor will create a dialog with the past and the future potential of Newburgh’s continued economic growth....

  43. The Two Murderers

    a lot of factual information, his technique in which he writes the book is captivating. Capote is able to captivate his audience by using various stylistic devices, such as tone, syntax, irony, and imagery. Another imperative technique used by Capote is perspective. These techniques, although similar...

  44. canterbury tale

    Chaucer uses several stylistic devices to liven his portraits of the tellers of the tales. One such device was the use of what the Medieval people termed "the colors of rhetoric". This merely meant the devices by which an artist varied and elaborated his usage of words. Chaucer followed the rhetorical...

  45. Bottega Venetta

    Andy Warhol, a great fan. 
By the end of the 1990s, the brand moved towards a flashier, logo­driven aesthetic with a departure from the original stylistic identity. The brand had abandoned its understated ethos and ventured into more trend­driven fashion territory. 
In 2001, Gucci Group acquired a controlling...

  46. 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...

  47. Music Notes

    >Back beat Phrasing >Balanced/Imbalanced >4 bar? >Extended Dynamics/Expressive Techniques How is the instrument played? >Stylistic indications- swing, electronic etc. >Ornamentation? >Description: dolce (sweetly), cantabile, tranquillo (calmly) etc. >Instrumental techniques...

  48. Literature

    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 TEXT ANALYSIS • Title of the Text. Some Words about the Author (Specify Time Period. Literary Trend.) • Theme ...

  49. Frankenstein

    Choose one passage from Frankenstein and analyze it in terms of its thematic and stylistic features. When one enters college, there are never any signs saying Do Not be too curious about your studies or, Do Not Learn anything that your teacher hasnt taught you. As we all learned in Frankenstein, there...

  50. ENG 225 UOP Course/ Tutorialrank

    rehashing descriptive material from other source. Support your thesis through textual and formal analysis. Refer to specific shots, scenes, characters, stylistic devices, and themes in the film. As much as possible, use technical, literary and industry terms to make your points. If needed, you may use...

  51. Dalai Lama - Essay 2

    any notes. I wasn’t sure where his speech was going. 3. I thought his language was bland; he could have used more esthetic appeal. One of the stylistic devices he uses is foreshadowing. An example of that is when he talks about his two main concerns that he mentions later in the speech. 4....

  52. Lighting and gear comparison

    were concerned and were happy with it. When second year came along we got access to a lot more lights. This allowed us to create more brighter and stylistic lighting set ups for scenes and shots which made it really beautiful. Used a lot of the bigger lights to give it the look of there being a sunset...

  53. ENG 121 UOP COURSE TUTORIAL/SHOPTUTORIAL

    you identify your strengths and weaknesses as a writer, and it will allow the instructor the opportunity to identify grammatical, mechanical, and stylistic problems specific to each student. You will earn full credit for completing this assignment, as long as you follow instructions. Word Range: 400-500...

  54. ENG 121 ASH Course Tutorial / asheng121dotcom

    your thesis statement by utilizing effective evidence and details. c. Demonstrate logical order. d. Be proofread for grammatical, mechanical, and stylistic errors. e. Incorporate feedback provided by your instructor or teaching assistant. f. Meet the requirements outlined in the “Course Grading” section...

  55. ENG 121 ASH Course Tutorial / Uoptutorial

    evidence from your own essays, and good old-fashioned logic and reason to persuade people to avoid the pitfalls of the grammatical, mechanical, or stylistic error you have chosen. ...

  56. bob gym

    of scene or time. This extra space, especially when co-occurring at a page or section break, may contain an asterisk, three asterisks, a special stylistic dingbat, or a special symbol known as an asterism. Purpose and style advice[edit] A common English usage misconception is that a paragraph has...

  57. History of the Banjo

    citizen knows what the contemporary banjo is, but does not know the true roots of this instrument. As Jay Bailey states in the Historical Origin and Stylistic Developments of the Five-String Banjo, “Many…have been content to presume that, because the banjo is so uniquely American, the instrument must also...

  58. COMM 105  UOP Course Tutorial/ Tutorialoutlet

    organization as a guideline, your Learning Team must present the selected essay and analyze the purpose, audience, structure, thesis, topic sentences, and stylistic elements of the essay. The presentation for each essay must include 8–10 PowerPoint® slides with presenter’s notes. Address the following questions...

  59. COMM 105 UOP Course Tutorial/ uophelp

    organization as a guideline, your Learning Team must present the selected essay and analyze the purpose, audience, structure, thesis, topic sentences, and stylistic elements of the essay. The presentation for each essay must include 8–10 PowerPoint® slides with presenter’s notes. Address the following questions...

  60. HUM 266 UOP Course Tutorial/ShopTutorial

    cathedrals, such as Salisbury or Amiens Cathedrals. Address the following aspects: Date built and main purpose of each (introduction) Major formal and stylistic characteristics of both Classical Greek and medieval Gothic architecture Major architectural innovations in each Most obvious symbolism of each...