- •Introduction
- •Contents:
- •Edgar allan poe The Cask of Amontillado
- •John steinbeck from on men and mice
- •A variety of accents (from Headway course of Englishadvanced)
- •Three factors in the development of English style Folklore is an oral version of literary style preserved since ancient days. Originally oral it now exists in a written version as a recording
- •The tulip pixies
- •Solomon’s Song of Songs.
- •From “The Glittering Images”
- •D.J.Salinger from the story “From Esme – with love and squalor”
- •Sc. Fitzgerald from “The Great Gatsby”
- •4. July 1st, 1895
- •In which eeyore loses a tail
- •Louis Untermeyer The Eskimo widow
- •Organization of lexical stylistic devices
- •Some meanings, called grammatical meanings, attach to the signals of grammar. Playing with these meanings the speaker can create various effects.
- •From dracula by Stoker Bram
- •From “Alice In Wonderland” by Lewice Caroll
- •From “Jacomo Joyce” by James Joyce
- •E.A.Poe the raven
- •Structural and linguistic features of functional styles
- •Michael Jackson considering Polish theme park investment
- •Gary Lauteis One Christmas Card Coming Up
- •A meeting of the Board Durban
- •Specialized Dictionaries
- •The secret of good style
- •How To Write Book Reviews and Literary Criticism
- •Is the setting used as a metaphor or symbol for anything?
- •Is the theme explicitly stated? If so, where does this occur? If not, what events, actions, or statements reveal the theme?
- •Is there more than one theme of the work? If so, which is the main theme?
- •The Trouble with Translation
- •Vertical
- •The Epithet
- •Popular oxymora
- •Hyperbole
- •Personification Linguistic examples
- •Bibliography
- •F. Scott Fitzgerald "The Great Galsby" Chapter 3
The secret of good style
A lot of thick textbooks are devoted to recommending steps for successful stylistics/ The most frequently mentioned are the following:
Choose a suitable design and hold to it.
Use the active voice. The active voice is usually more direct and vigorous than the passive:
Put statements in positive form. Use definite, specific, concrete language. Prefer the specific to the general, the definite to the vigiie, the concrete to the abstract.
Omit needless words. Vigorous writing is concise.
Avoid a succession of loose sentences. -
Keep related words together.
In summaries, keep to one tense.
Place yourself in the background. ‘
Work from a suitable design.
Write with nouns and verbs.
Revise and rewrite.
Do not overwrite.
Do not overstate.
Avoid the use of qualifiers. 9. Do not affect a breezy manner.
Use orthodox spelling.
Do not explain too much. 12. Do not construct awkward adverbs.
Make sure the reader knows who is speaking.
Avoid fancy words.
Do not inject opinion.
Use figures of speech sparingly.
Do not take shortcuts at the cost of clarity.
Avoid foreign languages.
Prefer the standard to the offbeat.
Make practical stylistic tasks
Proofread, Edit, and Revise This is the final stage of the process. Before turning in these advertisements, make sure that you have "dotted all the i's and crossed all the t's."
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Make practical stylistic tasks
Proofread, Edit, and Revise translation
The UN Secretary-General has called for a resumption of the Geneva talks on the Middle East and expressed confidence that the forthcoming UN General Assembly session would deal with the Middle East problem. He also added that this part of the world is one of the most dangerous hotbeds of tension. British Prime-Minister Pleased with Russian Visit. The British Prime-Minister flew back to London last night after his five-day visit to Russia. Before leaving Russia's capital the British premier said in a farewell ceremony in the Kremlin that he was satisfied with the results of the visit and believed the two countries had made a big step forward toward the development of a dialogue in all fields. The Russian leader agreed with that assessment and reiterated Russia's preparedness to deepen cooperation with Britain.
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Генеральный секретарь ООН призвал к возобновлению женевских переговоров на ближневосточной окрестности, предстоящая ООН сессия Генеральной ассамблеи имеет дело о ближневосточной проблеме. Он еще добавил, что эта часть мира – одна из самых опасных очагов напряженности. Британский премьер-министр доволен посещением России. Британский премьер-министр прилетел в Лондон вчера вечером после 5-дневного посещения России. Перед отъездом премьер-министра из России в прощальной церемонии в Кремле он сказал, чо ему понравился визит и что две страны сильно подвинулись вперед к развитию диалога во всех областях. Российский министр согласился с этим мнением и утвердил подготовленность России, чтобы углубить сотрудничество с Россией.
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