Questions to lecture #8

1. What is the plot?

2. What is the exposition?

3. What is the climax?

4. What is the denouement?

5. What is a closed plot structure?

6. What is the conflict?

7. What types of conflict in literary works do you know?

8. What is the theme of the story?

9. What is the tone of the story?

10. What is the mood of the narration?

11. What is the main goal of the stylistic analysis of the text?

12. What are the main questions you should answer before analyzing the text?

13. What plan is it recommended to use for a stylistic analysis of the text?

Supplements

1. Stylistically coloured and neutral verbs

Official Style Verbs	Informal and Neutral Style Verbs
accumulate	build up
assist	help out
commence	start
compensate	make up for
create	come up with
desire	want
determine	find out
dine	eat out
eliminate	delete
endeavor	try
establish	found
familiarize	to make something known
finalize	finish
fluctuate	go up and down
increase	rise
investigate	look into
maximize	increase
operationalize	start up
optionalize	allow choice
permit	allow
proceed	go on
pursue	follow
raise	bring up
reduce	cut down
reject	turn down
request	ask
terminate	finish
tolerate	put up with
utilize	use

2. Paraphrase the text

Paraphrase the following informal text, using neutral style expressions

I came to New York State to work on my grant. With all the meeting and presentations I really worked my butt off. Then I had a wild hair up my butt – to go to California from cold New York! And I did it! I met hot wild chicks there who took me to a fru-fru place – Glen Ivy Hot Springs Spa. It was fantastic! Glen Ivy rocked and boomed! We drank like a fish, and we laughed our heads off. I also met a blonde-haired handsome younger man, and we took long strolls by the ocean beach.

to work one’s butt off	– to work very hard
wild hair up one’s butt	– an obsession or fixation of some sort
hot wild chicks	– nice girls
fru fru	– fancy, very elaborate
to rock	– to be great
to boom	– to be fantastic
to drink like a fish	– to drink heavily, especially alcoholic drinks
to laugh one’s head off	– to laugh very hard and loudly, as if one's head might come off
to take a stroll	– to walk leisurely

3. Translate the text

Translate the following text, paying attention to lexical stylistic devices

The Big Tree Inn is one of the most familiar landmarks on Main Street in Geneseo, NY – a historic community listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Come and experience its 175 years of hospitality and history. Join us for a meal on our new front porch, a stay in one of our luxurious suites, or a celebration in our new Event Center, and discover why the Big Tree Inn truly is where memories are made.

(http://www.bigtreeinn.com)