EXERCISES I.Indicate the causes and effects of the following cases of alliteration, assonance and onomatopoeia: 1.

Streaked by a quarter moon, the Mediterranean shushed gently into the beach. (I.Sh.) 2.He swallowed the hint with a gul and a gas and a grin. (!. ".) #.His wi$e was shrill, languid, handsome and horrible. (Sc.%.) &.'he $air bree(e blew, the white $oam $lew, the $urrow $ollowed $ree. (S. ).) *.'he Italian trio tut+tutted their tongues at me. ('.).) ,.-.ou, lean, long, lanky lath o$ a lousy bastard/0 (12).) 3.'o sit in solemn silence in a dull dark dock, In a estilential rison, with a li$e+long lock, 4waiting the sensation o$ a short, sharp shock %rom a chea and chi y cho er 1n a big black block. (5.).) 6.'hey all lounged, and loitered, and slunk about, with as little s irit or ur ose as the beasts in a menagerie. (7.) 8.-9uscious, languid and lust$ul, isn2t she:0 -'hose are not the correct e ithets. She is ;or rather was ;surly, lustrous and sadistic.0 (<.5.) 1=.'hen, with an enormous, shattering rumble, sludge+ u$$, sludge+ u$$, the train came into the station. (4.S.) 11.-Sh+sh.0 ->ut I am whis ering.0 'his continual shushing annoyed him. (4.H.) 12.'winkle, twinkle, little star, How I wonder what you are. ? abo@e the world so high, 9ike a diamond in the sky. ()h. !.) 1#.7read$ul young creatures ;squealing and squawking. ().) 1&.'he quick crackling o$ dry wood a$lame cut through the night. (Sl.H.) 1*.Here the rain did not $all. It was sto ed high abo@e by that roo$ o$ green shingles. %rom there it dri ed down slowly, lea$ to lea$, or ran down the stems and branches. 7es ite the hea@iness o$ the down our which now urred loudly in their ears $rom Aust outside, here there was only a low rustle o$ slow occasional dri ing. (B.) II.Indicate the kind of additional information about the speaker supplied by graphon: 1.-Hey,0 he said, entering the library. -5here2s the heart section:0 -'he what:0 He had the thickest sort o$ southern Cegro dialect and the only word that came clear to me was the one that sounded like heart. -How do you s ell it,0 I said. -Heart, Man, ictures. 7rawing books. 5here you got them:0 -.ou mean art books: !e roductions:0 He took my olysyllabic word $or it. -.ea, they2s them.0 (Dh. !.) 2.-It don2t take no ner@e to do some in when there ain2t nothing else you can do. 5e ain2t gonna die out. Deo le is goin2 on ;changin2 a little may be ;but goin2 right on.0 (B. St.) #.-4nd remember, Mon+sewer 12Hayer says you got to straighten u this mess sometime today.0 (B.) &.-I e@en heard they demanded seEual liberty. .es, sir, SeE+.ou+4ll liberty.0 (B. ".) *.-.e2@e a duty to the ublic don2tcher know that, a duty to the great <nglish ublic:0 said Feorge re roach$ully. -Here, lemme handle this, kiddar,0 said 'iger. -Forra maintain strength, you,0 said Feorge. -4h2m $ightin2 $it,0 said 'iger. (S. )h.) ,.-1h, that2s it, is it:0 said Sam. -I was a$eerd, $rom his manner, that he might ha2 $orgotten to take e er with that 2ere last cowcumber, he et. Set down, sir, @e make no eEtra charge $or the settin2 down, as the king remarked when he blowed u his ministers.0 (7.) 3.-5ell, I dunno. I2ll show you summat.0 (St.>.) 6.-7e old %ooloso her, like Hickey calls yuh, ain2t yuh:0 (12C.) 8.-I had a coach with a little seat in $wont with an iwon wail $or the dwi@er.0 (7.) 1=.-'he )ount,0 eE lained the Ferman o$$icer, -eE egs you, chentlemen, at eight+dirty.0 (G. H.)

11.Said "i s one day, -4s2e ;I should say, ah, has2e... .e know, I got a lot o$ di$$iculty with them two words, which is which.0 -5ell, -as0 is a conAunction, and -has0 is a @erb.0 -I know,0 said "i s, -but when is -has0 a conAunction, and when is -as0 a @erb:0 (H. 5.) 12.5ilson was a little hurt. -9isten, boy,0 he told him. -4h may not be able to read e@e2thin2 so good, but they ain2t a thing 4h can2t do i$ 4h set mah mind to it.0 (C.M.) III. hink of the causes originating graphon !young age, a physical defect of speech, lack of education, the influence of dialectal norms, affectation, into"ication, carelessness in speech, etc.#: 1.He began to render the $amous tune -1 lost my heart in an <nglish garden, Bust where the roses o$ "ngland grow0 with much $eelingI -4h+ee last mah+ee hawrt een ahn 4ngleesh gawrden, Bost whahr thah raw(a( ah@ 4ngland graw.0 (H.).) 2.'he stuttering $ilm roducer S.S. Sisodia was known as 25hiwhisky because I2m a a artial to a titi ti leJ mamadam, my caca card.2 (S.!.) #.She mimicked a lis I -I don2t weally know we@@er I2m a good girl. 'he last thing he2ll do would be to be miEed with a ho@@id woman.0 (B.>r.) &.-4ll the @illage dogs are no+2count mongrels, Da a says. %ish+gut eaters and no class a+tallJ this here dog, he got insteek.0 (".".) *.-My daddy2s coming tomorrow on a nair lane.0 (S.) ,.4$ter a hum a beauti$ul Cegress sings -5ithout a song, the dahaywould nehe@er end.0 (?.) 3.-1h, well, then, you Aust trot o@er to the table and make your little mommy a gweat big dwink.0 (<.4.) 6.-I allus remember me man sayin2 to me when I assed me scholarshi ;-.ou break one o2my winders an2 I2ll skin ye ali@e.0 (St.>.) 8.He s oke with the $lat ugly -a0 and withered -r0 o$ >oston Irish, and 9e@i looked u at him and mimicked -4ll right, I2ll gi@e the caaads a break and staaat laying.0 (C.M.) 1=.-5hereAa get all these ictures:0 he said. -Meetcha at the corner. 5uddaya think she2s doing out there:0 (S.) 11.-9ook at him go. 72Aa@er see him walk home $rom school: .ou2re %rench )anadian, aintcha:0 (B.".) 12.?sually she was im lacable in de$ence o$ her belo@ed $ragment o$ the coast and i$ the summer weekenders grew bra(en, +getouto$itsillyoldmoo, itsthesoddingbeach, ;she would turn the garden hose remorselessly u on them. (S.!.) 1#.'he demons o$ Aealousy were sitting on his shoulders and he was screaming out the same old song, wheethehell whothe don2t think you can ull the wool how dare you bitch bitch bitch. (S.!.)