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Match the following graphical SDs with their definitions and examples:

1. Capitalization

2. Graphon

3. Hyphenation

4. Italics

A)The reflection of rhymed or clipped manner in which a word is uttered.

Example: He was like a chim-pan-zee.

B) A style of typeface in which letters are slanted to the right.

Example: «Darling, what is it? Has he insulted you again?».

C) Some common nouns written with capital letters.

Example: "How DISGUSTING!"

D) The intentional violation of the graphical shape of word or word combination used to reflect its authentic pronunciation.

Example: «Why didn’t you say so before. For all I knowed, he vas one o’ regular threepennies…If he’s anything of a gen’lm’n, he’s vorth a shillin’ a day».

A large amount of reminiscence is, by common consent, conceded to the drowning man; and it is not past belief that one may review an entire courtship while removing one's gloves.(Alliteration and assonance) That is what Trysdale was doing, standing by a table in his bachelor apartments.(Assonance) Trysdale's friend, the brother of the bride, stood at a sideboard complaining at being allowed to drink alone. (Alliteration and assonance) From this last hopeless point of view he still strove, as if it had become a habit of his mind, to reach some conjecture as to why and how he had lost her.(Alliteration) For, when he saw that swift, limpid, upward look that she gave the man when he took her hand, he knew himself to be forgotten.(Assonance) And Captain Carruthers tells me that you speak the S…

The Cactus by O. Henry (1862-1910) The most notable thing about Time is that it is so purely relative. A large amount of reminiscence is, by common consent, conceded to the drowning man; and it is not past belief that one may review an entire courtship while removing one's gloves. That is what Trysdale was doing, standing by a table in his bachelor apartments. On the table stood a singular-looking green plant in a red earthen jar. The plant was one of the species of cacti, and was provided with long, tentacular leaves that perpetually swayed with the slightest breeze with a peculiar beckoning motion. Trysdale's friend, the brother of the bride, stood at a sideboard complaining at being allowed to drink alone. Both men were in evening dress. White favors like stars upon their coats shone t…

This week we discussed syntactical SDs and EMs. They are climax, anticlimax, antithesis, attachment, asyndeton, polysyndeton, break-in-the-narrative, chiasmus, detachment, ellipsis, enumeration, litotes, parallel constructions, question-in-the-narrative, represented speech, rhetorical question, suspense, inversion, repetition. I want to describe three of them: climax, antithesis and suspense. Climax/Gradation is the arrangement of sentences which secures a gradual increase in significance, importance or emotional tension in the utterance. The gradual increase in significance may be maintained in three ways: logical, emotional and quantitative. Logical сIimax is based on the relative importance of the component parts looked at from the point of view of the concepts embodied in them. Emotio…

Hi girls! Now I want to give a review of such SDs as hyperbole, understatement, euphemism and periphrasis. Hyperbole is a figure of speech that uses an exaggerated or extravagant statement to create a strong emotional response. As a figure of speech it is not intended to be taken literally. Hyperbole is frequently used for humour. Examples of hyperbole are: 1) They ran like greased lightning. 2) He's got tons of money. 3) I have told you a million times not to lie! (http://www.englishclub.com/vocabulary/figures-hyperbole.htm) An understatement is a figure of speech employed by writers or speakers to intentionally make a situation seem less important than it really is. Common Examples of Understatement: 1) It is an understatement to say “He is not too thin” while describing an obese person…

Last week we talked about SDs, which have a comic effect. They are pun, zeugma, malapropism and irony. Now I want to give a review of an explanation of these SDs with examples and one task for your mind.)) So, the first SD is pun. Pun, also called paronomasia, is a play on words in which a humorous effect is produced by using a word that suggests two or more meanings or by exploiting similar sounding words having different meanings. E.g.: A salt with a deadly weapon = Assault with a deadly weapon! I phone, you tube = IPhone, YouTube. The second SD is zeugma. Zeugma is a literary term for using one word to modify two other words, in two different ways. An example of a zeugma is “She broke his car and his heart.” http://www.vocabulary.com/dictionary/zeugma The third SD is irony. Irony is a…

Now I want to show you the scheme about metonymy and its subtypes. This scheme was created by me. I used the definitions and examples from the manual "English stylistics" by Gafiatulina Y.O. The examples below include both the metonymy and the possible words for which the metonymy would fill in: Crown - in place of a royal person The White House - in place of the President or others who work there The suits - in place of business people Dish - for an entire plate of food Cup - for a mug The Pentagon - to refer to the staff The restaurant - to refer to the staff Ears - for giving attention ("Lend me your ears!" from Mark Antony in Julius Caesar) Eyes - for sight The library - for the staff or the books Pen - for the written word Sword - for military might Silver fox - for an attractive old…

Hi everybody! Last week was devoted to Similes. Now we know that Simile is a comparison of two things by using the words "like","as", "so", "than", "resemble" etc. Semantically similes sivided into original and trite (cliches), and structurally they are divided into ordinary and disguised. Now I want to give some examples of well known similes and their meanings: [is] AS adjective AS something meaning as blind as a bat completely blind as cold as ice very cold as flat as a pancake completely flat as gentle as a lamb very gentle as light as a feather very light as old as the hills very old as sharp as a knife very sharp as strong as a bull very strong as white as snow pure white as wise as an owl very wise [is] LIKE something possible meaning (depending on context) like a rose beautiful li…

This week we discussed metaphor and its subtypes. We know that metaphor is a comparison between two things that replaces the word or name for one object with that of another (without using “as” or “like”). A metaphor is like this: A is b. Semantically metaphors split into original and trite, and structurally they are divided into simple, prolonged and mixed. I will analyse two metaphors from this list http://www.macmillandictionaryblog.com/famous-metaphors. The first one is "All religions, arts and sciences are branches of the same tree" (Albert Einstein). Albert Einstein compares religion, art and science with branches of tree. But they can't be them. All these aspects (religion, art and science) are directed toward ennobling man's life and mind (tree). I think it's simple and original m…

Hello!

I’m glad to start using a blog. It’s my first experience and I never heard about blogging as an element of studying of stylistics or something else. So it’s a new practice, which, I think, will be very useful and interesting for me and my university mates.

As for answers on questions, I agree with I.Galperin’s point of view that “stylistics is a branch of  linguistics”.

By the end of this course, I hope we will acquire skills in using speech figures. I guess stylistics will help us to make our speech more aesthetic, expressive and interesting. From my point of view, to express thoughts clearly for listeners/readers is an essential component of  my future profession.

Thanks for your attention!