Style: Text Analysis and Linguistic CriticismMacmillan, 1996 - 294 pages This new coursebook offers teachers and students a thorough and lively guide to stylistic and critical analysis of a range of texts, both literary and non-literary, classic and contemporary. Full of examples and exercises, this is an invaluable book for all students of English language and its usage. |
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Page 95
... REWRITTEN VERSION , FIRST PARAGRAPH Here is a version of the paragraph with some of its vocabulary simplified and made less formal . First rewritten version While his listeners received a cheering assurance of the safety of their place ...
... REWRITTEN VERSION , FIRST PARAGRAPH Here is a version of the paragraph with some of its vocabulary simplified and made less formal . First rewritten version While his listeners received a cheering assurance of the safety of their place ...
Page 96
... Rewrite the first paragraph again , incorporating the changes made in the first rewritten version , and changing deverbal nouns , wherever possible , to active verbs or adjectives . If necessary , change the sentence structures and ...
... Rewrite the first paragraph again , incorporating the changes made in the first rewritten version , and changing deverbal nouns , wherever possible , to active verbs or adjectives . If necessary , change the sentence structures and ...
Page 128
... rewritten version noticeably different from the original ? ( ii ) Are there any remaining parts of the text that you think need to be brought up to date ? First rewritten version On the following day , my wife and the boys [ asked me to ...
... rewritten version noticeably different from the original ? ( ii ) Are there any remaining parts of the text that you think need to be brought up to date ? First rewritten version On the following day , my wife and the boys [ asked me to ...
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Dictionary definitions of style | 1 |
WORDS | 8 |
Short and long words | 10 |
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