Find examples of inversion and detachment in W. S. Maugham’s novel “Theatre”. 


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Find examples of inversion and detachment in W. S. Maugham’s novel “Theatre”.



Analyze cases of inversion and detachment. Make the sentences sound neutral by restoring the word order

1. She narrowed her eyes a trifle at me and said I looked exactly like Celia Briganza’s boy. Around the mouth. (S.)

2. He observed it all with a keen quick glance, not unkindly, and full of rather of amusement than of censure. (V.W.)

3. She was crazy about you. At the beginning. (R.W.)

4. I have been accused of bad taste. This disturbed me not so much for my own sake (since I am used to the slights and arrows of outrageous fortune) as for the sake of criticism in general. (S.M.)

4. On, on he wandered, night and day, beneath the blazing sun, and the cold pale moon; through the dry heat of noon, and damp cold of night; in the grey light of morn, and the red glare of eve. (D.)

5. Benny Collan, a respected guy, Benny Collan wants to marry her. An agent could ask for more? (T.C.)

6. Women are not made for attack. Wait they must. (J.C.)

7. Out came the chase – in went the horses – sprang the boys – in got the travelers. (D.)

8. Then he said: “You think so? She was mixed up in this lousy business? (J.B.)

9. And she saw that Gopher Prairie was merely an enlargement of all the hamlets which they had been passing. Only to the eyes of a Kennicot was it exceptional.

 

 

Paper 11

1. What group do ellipsis, aposiopesis and represented speech belong to?

2. What SDs are based on the stylistic use of interrogative and negative constructions?

3. What is the difference between ellipsis and aposiopesis?

4.Find examples of represented speeh,rhetorical questionsin W. S. Maugham’s novel “Theatre”.

Discuss different types of stylistic devices dealing with the completeness of the sentences

1. In manner, close and dry. In voice, husky and low. In face, watchful behind a blind. (D.)

2. His forehead was narrow, his face wide, his head large, and his nose all on one side. (D.)

3. A solemn silence: Mr. Pickwick humorous, the old lady serious, the gentleman cautious and Mr. Miller timorous. (D.)

4. He, and the falling light and dying fire, the time-worn room, the solitude, the wasted life, and gloom, were all in fellowship. Aches, and dust, and ruin! (D.)

5. I am a horse, doctor, animal man. Do some farming, too. Near Tulip, Texas.

6. This is a story how a Baggins had an adventure. He may have lost the neighbours’ respect, but he gained – well, you will see whether he gained anything in the end. (A.T.)

7. “People liked to be with her. And - ” She paused again. “ – and she was crazy about you”. (R.W.)

8. “He was shouting out that he’d come back, that his mother had better have the money ready for him. Or else! That is what he said: “Or else! It was a threat.”

9. “Listen, I’ll talk to the butler over that phone and he’ll know my voice. Will that pass me in or do I have to ride on your back?”

 “I just work here,” he said softly. “If I didn’t - ” he let the rest hang in the air, and kept on smiling. (R.Ch.)

10. “Well, they’ll get a chance now to show - ” (Hastily): “I don’t mean – But let’s forget that”. (O’N.)

11. And it was unlikely that anyone would trouble to look there – until –  well.

Analyze the structure and the functions of litotes

1. “To be a good actress, she must always work for the truth in what she’s playing” the man said in a voice not empty of selflove.

2. “Yeah, what the hell”. Anne said and looking at me, gave that not unsour smile”. (R.W.)

3. It was not unnatural if Gilbert felt a certain embarrassment. (E.W.)

4. The idea was not totally erroneous. The thought did not displease me. (I.M.)

5. I was quiet, but not uncommunicative; reserved, but not reclusive; energetic at times, but seldom enthusiastic. (Jn.B.)

6. He had all the confidence in the world, and not without reason. (J. O’H)

7. Kirsten said not without dignity: “Too much talking is unwise”. (Ch.)

8. “No, I’ve had a profession and then a firm to cherish,” said Ravenstreet, not without bitterness. (P.)

Paper 12

1. What are the types of climax?

2. What is anticlimax?

3. What is the function of anticlimax?

4. What is suspense and how is it technically organized?

 



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