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Stylistics is a study centered on the language of literature. As the study of style, this approach focuses primarily on the lexical features, the elements of narration and interpretation of characters. These major elements are used to examine a literary work such as in this situation; a novel by Nick Hornby entitled About a Boy is analyzed. The study of stylistics enables reader to scrutinize a specific literary discourse to get a deep insight about the use of language in it. Therefore, the…

would be slowly destroying the English language! First oxymorons disappear, then paradoxes, and who knows what after? It’s clearly an abomination!” VIC NAPPA replied. Pg. 6 Noun: A word (other than a pronoun) used to identify any of a class of people, places, or things common noun, or to name a particular one of these proper noun. “Why am I even in this court? I don't even know what an oxymoron is! I didn't sign up to be a jury! I just want to be a good housewife! Why did I waste my precious…

answering the research questions. Hence, this part is concerned with the etymology of knight and gentleman. Knight has three functions: it can be used as a verb (e.g. The Queen makes a knight of him.), a noun (e.g. The knights fought bravely in the battle.) and is also as family name. The noun derives from the Old English cniht, which was a "common West Germanic Word" (Harper 2001-2016: knight). While cniht originally meant "boy, youth, lad", it could also be used in a more specific sense to…

What is your main criterion for choosing a family dog? We live in an apartment, so my most important criteria is size. Do you have any other important criteria for choosing a family dog? I guess breed would be another important criteria. . 0.2 points Question 2 Mark all sentences that are written correctly. What are your main criteria for choosing a boyfriend? My main criteria are good teeth and a friendly smile. Do you have any…

expresses massive amounts of anger due to the use of distinct persona; Duffy communicates this anger to the readers through the use of the metaphor ‘ropes on the back of my hands I could strangle with’. This metaphor, as well as using the concrete noun ‘ropes’ to refer to Miss Havisham’s aged physical appearance by comparing it to the veins on the back of her hands, also communicates vengeful anger through the use of the verb ‘strangle’. Elsewhere in the poem, Duffy also uses the verb ‘stabbed’;…

differently perceive sexuality and identities. “Lifestylers treat “gayness as a noun,” commuters treat their identity as a verb, and integrators treat it as an adjective” (50). When you look up the word “gay” in the dictionary it comes up saying it is an adjective. I believe this word should be treated like an adjective supposed to a noun which is a person, place, or thing. I can see how people may think it can be a noun but I believe that it’s a puzzle piece that describes a person and “gay”…

Arabic has been called the language of Adam and Eve, making it one of the oldest written languages in human history. In its modern form, Arabic is spoken by 422 million individuals worldwide, making it the fifth most commonly utilized language. Central Semitic in classification, it developed from a Proto-Semitic predecessor and has evolved significantly with time. Today, based purely on linguistic grounds, one could argue that Arabic is in fact not one distinct language, but is several because…

) and ( زرقة السماء ) share the same syntactical pattern. Both are written in a structure widely used in Arabic ; the Idafa. It is a strucure of two nouns, the first noun is indefinite and the second noun is definite and preceded by the definite article in Arabic ( ال ) " Al" . This structure is used in Arabic mainly to indicate that the first noun belongs to the second, (خضرة الأرض ) ( the green colour of the earth) زرقة السماء ( the blue colour of the sky). In a phonic level, there is an…

through the loss of innocence and childhood suffering faced by Cathy and Heathcliff. The loss of innocence symbolised by the total shift in Cathy’s appearance from Chapter 6 to 7 through the the adjective “barefoot” creating antithesis with the concrete noun “burnished shoes” to foreground how she has been introduced to the expectations and requirements of society so can no longer be free and connected to nature, reflecting the shift away from the natural world due to the Industrial Revolution.…

Gothic literature perpetually creates suspense and tension in the form of both tradition and contemporaneity. Both forms of gothic literature share a theme insanity that helps the writers to create suspense. In the traditional gothic literature ‘The Signalman’ written in 1866, Charles Dickens successfully builds suspense by writing in first person with numerous imagery. In addition, suspense and tension are well-developed through various techniques, such as third person point of view and…