《英语短篇小说选读》讲义(第十二周)
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Байду номын сангаас
Style
Lexical—Nouns Abstract/concrete Proper names Collective nouns
E.g. verbs relating physical movement suggest an active character verbs relating states of mind portray an
introspective character.
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Style
Figures of Speech—synecdoche
stomach
All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; —William Shakespeare, As You Like It
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Style
Lexical—Verbs Refer to movements, physical acts, speech acts, psychological states Transitive/intransitive Stative/dynamic
Created with Haiku Deck
Style
Figures of Speech
A figure of speech is figurative language in the form of a single word or phrase. There are mainly five figures of speech: simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification and synecdoche. Figures of speech often provide emphasis, freshness of expression, or clarity.
Relative clauses
Adverbial clauses Nominal clauses
Non-finite forms (infinitive, -ing, ed)
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Today’s Agenda
—Review on Chapter 5
—discussion on story 10
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Created with Haiku Deck
Style
Elements of style
—diction
Lexical——diction
Style
Diction, in its original, primary meaning, refers to the writer's or the speaker's distinctive vocabulary choices. Literary diction analysis reveals how a passage establishes tone and characterization;
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Style
Figures of Speech
it was like having some butterflies in my
Complex: James Joyce
Formal: scientific report; official documents
Colloquial: Mark Twain Descriptive: prose Evaluative: author’s attitudes General/specific Rare/specialized vocabulary
Created with Haiku Deck
Style
Grammatical—sentence complexity
Average sentence length
Variation of complexity from one sentence to another Coordination/subordination In what parts of the text does complexity tend to occur?
Semantic function
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Style
Grammatical—sentence type
Statements/questions/exclamations/ sentence fragments What is their function?
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Style
Grammatical—clause types
A synecdoche (/sɪˈn ɛkdəkiː/) is a figure of speech in which a term for a part of something refers to the whole of something, or vice versa.
A part referring to the whole
—sentence structure (syntax) —rhetorical devices
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Lexical
Style
Simple: Hemingway
Instructor: Esther Lv
18th November, 2014
Week 12
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Created with Haiku Deck
Style
What is style?
Style refers to the individual traits of characteristics of a piece of writing: to an author’s personal manner of expression.
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Created with Haiku Deck
Style
Lexical—Adjectives Degree of frequency Refer to what kinds of attributes
Style
Lexical——diction
E.g. Certain writers in the modern day and age use archaic terms such as "thy", "thee", and "wherefore" to imbue a Shakespearean mood to their work. Forms of diction： Archaic Diction (diction that is antique, that is rarely used) High Diction (noble sounding language) Low Diction (everyday language)
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Style
Figures of Speech—hyperbole
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Created with Haiku Deck
Style
Lexical—Adverbs
Frequently using a specific adverb
It may be used to evoke strong feelings or to create a strong impression, but is not meant to be taken literally.
The bag weighed a ton.
The class felt like it was six thousand hours long.
Байду номын сангаас
Style
Lexical—Nouns Abstract/concrete Proper names Collective nouns
E.g. verbs relating physical movement suggest an active character verbs relating states of mind portray an
introspective character.
Photo by 55Laney69 - Creative Commons Attribution License https://www.flickr.com/photos/42875184@N08 Created with Haiku Deck
Photo by 55Laney69 - Creative Commons Attribution License https://www.flickr.com/photos/42875184@N08
Created with Haiku Deck
Style
Figures of Speech—synecdoche
stomach
All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players; They have their exits and their entrances; —William Shakespeare, As You Like It
Photo by 55Laney69 - Creative Commons Attribution License https://www.flickr.com/photos/42875184@N08
Created with Haiku Deck
Style
Lexical—Verbs Refer to movements, physical acts, speech acts, psychological states Transitive/intransitive Stative/dynamic
Created with Haiku Deck
Style
Figures of Speech
A figure of speech is figurative language in the form of a single word or phrase. There are mainly five figures of speech: simile, metaphor, hyperbole, personification and synecdoche. Figures of speech often provide emphasis, freshness of expression, or clarity.
Relative clauses
Adverbial clauses Nominal clauses
Non-finite forms (infinitive, -ing, ed)
Photo by 55Laney69 - Creative Commons Attribution License https://www.flickr.com/photos/42875184@N08
Today’s Agenda
—Review on Chapter 5
—discussion on story 10
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Photo by 55Laney69 - Creative Commons Attribution License https://www.flickr.com/photos/42875184@N08
Created with Haiku Deck
Style
Elements of style
—diction
Lexical——diction
Style
Diction, in its original, primary meaning, refers to the writer's or the speaker's distinctive vocabulary choices. Literary diction analysis reveals how a passage establishes tone and characterization;
Photo by 55Laney69 - Creative Commons Attribution License https://www.flickr.com/photos/42875184@N08 Created with Haiku Deck
Style
Figures of Speech
it was like having some butterflies in my
Complex: James Joyce
Formal: scientific report; official documents
Colloquial: Mark Twain Descriptive: prose Evaluative: author’s attitudes General/specific Rare/specialized vocabulary
Created with Haiku Deck
Style
Grammatical—sentence complexity
Average sentence length
Variation of complexity from one sentence to another Coordination/subordination In what parts of the text does complexity tend to occur?
Semantic function
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Created with Haiku Deck
Style
Grammatical—sentence type
Statements/questions/exclamations/ sentence fragments What is their function?
Photo by 55Laney69 - Creative Commons Attribution License https://www.flickr.com/photos/42875184@N08
Photo by 55Laney69 - Creative Commons Attribution License https://www.flickr.com/photos/42875184@N08 Created with Haiku Deck
Style
Grammatical—clause types
A synecdoche (/sɪˈn ɛkdəkiː/) is a figure of speech in which a term for a part of something refers to the whole of something, or vice versa.
A part referring to the whole
—sentence structure (syntax) —rhetorical devices
Photo by 55Laney69 - Creative Commons Attribution License https://www.flickr.com/photos/42875184@N08
Created with Haiku Deck
Photo by 55Laney69 - Creative Commons Attribution License https://www.flickr.com/photos/42875184@N08 Created with Haiku Deck
Lexical
Style
Simple: Hemingway
Instructor: Esther Lv
18th November, 2014
Week 12
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Created with Haiku Deck
Created with Haiku Deck
Style
What is style?
Style refers to the individual traits of characteristics of a piece of writing: to an author’s personal manner of expression.
Photo by 55Laney69 - Creative Commons Attribution License https://www.flickr.com/photos/42875184@N08
Created with Haiku Deck
Style
Lexical—Adjectives Degree of frequency Refer to what kinds of attributes
Style
Lexical——diction
E.g. Certain writers in the modern day and age use archaic terms such as "thy", "thee", and "wherefore" to imbue a Shakespearean mood to their work. Forms of diction： Archaic Diction (diction that is antique, that is rarely used) High Diction (noble sounding language) Low Diction (everyday language)
Photo by 55Laney69 - Creative Commons Attribution License https://www.flickr.com/photos/42875184@N08 Created with Haiku Deck
Style
Figures of Speech—hyperbole
Photo by 55Laney69 - Creative Commons Attribution License https://www.flickr.com/photos/42875184@N08
Created with Haiku Deck
Style
Lexical—Adverbs
Frequently using a specific adverb
It may be used to evoke strong feelings or to create a strong impression, but is not meant to be taken literally.
The bag weighed a ton.
The class felt like it was six thousand hours long.