Stylistic peculiarities

My next observation concerns phono-graphical features of the extract. I`d

like to draw your attention to the presence of
alliteration () - The initial consonant sound is usually repeated in two
neighbouring words safety and security killer command fantastic philosophy
assonance () - two or more words, close to one another repeat the same
vowel sound
onomatopoeia - The pronunciation of the word imitates a sound bang roar
graphon – intentional misspelling "The b-b-b-b-bas-tud-he seen me c-c-c-c-
com-ing" "You don't mean to thay that thith
italics
capitalization
spacing

Taking into consideration lexical stylistic devices of the extract, there are
presented following epithets: These epithets daze the emotional force they carry.
Antonomasia - is a literary term in which a descriptive phrase replaces a
person’s name. Antonomasia can range from lighthearted nicknames to epic
names. The great chef has arrived!”
Personification - Animals, inanimate objects or abstractions are represented
as having human characteristics - Why these two countries would remain at each
other's throat for so long.  (3)

I closed the door, and my stubborn car refused to open it again.

The flowers nodded their heads as if to greet us.

Simile - Two things are compared directly by using 'like' (A is like B.).
Metaphor compares two different things in a figurative sense.
Synonymic - repetition the repetition of the same idea by using synonymous
words and phrases which by adding a slightly different nuance of meaning
intensify the impact of the utterance
Allegory +
Allusion - indirect reference to a person, event or piece of literature
Euphemism ()
Irony ()
Litotes () - a form of understatement which uses the denied opposite of a
word to weaken or soften a message - That's not bad. (instead of: That's good/great.)
Boats aren't easy to find in the dark.
Meiosis / understatement A statement is deliberately weakened to sound
ironical or softened to sound more polite.
Metaphor compares two different things in a figurative sense.
Metonymy uses figurative expressions that are closely associated with the
subject in terms of place, time or background - The White House declared … (White
 House = US government / President) The land belongs to the crown. (crown = king /
queen / royal family / monarchy)

Oxymoron is a figure of speech in which two opposite ideas are joined to

create an effect. The common oxymoron phrase is a combination of an adjective
proceeded by a noun with contrasting meanings, such as “cruel kindness,” or
“living death”.
Periphrasis – talking around - using the phrase “I am going to” instead of “I
will” is periphrasis.
Pun - is a play on words that produces a humorous effect by using a word
that suggests two or more meanings, or by exploiting similar sounding words that
have different meanings.- “A happy life depends on a liver,
Sarcasm ()
Synecdoche - Synechdoche is some kind of generalization or specification
that uses a part, a member or a characteristic of what is meant - (hands = people)
Zeugma “John lost his coat and his temper,” – a word used to govern
two or more words although appropriate to only one to them
Tautology - is the repetitive use of phrases or words that have similar
meanings. In simple words, it is expressing the same thing, an idea, or saying, two
or more times
This device colours the utterance emotionally.
The writer appeals to our emotions and imagination by the usage of syntactical
stylistic devices:
To make the description more vivid
In order to transmit the idea of , the author uses
To achieve effect in the story, the author employs
Anticlimax - a sudden transition in discourse from an important idea to a
ludicrous or trivial one.
Antithesis - contrasting relationship between two ideas - That's one small
step for a man, one giant leap for mankind. (Neil Armstrong)
To err is human; to forgive, divine. (Pope)
It is easier for a father to have children than for children to have a real father.

Apokoinu construction - the omission of the pronominal (adverbial) connective

- create a blend of the main and the subordinate clauses so that
- the predicative or the object of the first one is simultaneously used as the subject of the second one 
(V.A.K.)
There was a door led into the kitchen. (Sh.Anderson)
He was the man killed that deer. (R.P.Warren)
There was no breeze came through the door.

Aposiopesis – a sudden intentional break in the narration

Asyndeton – the omission of conjunction
 Attachment - connection is not immediately apparent and it requires a
certain mental effort to grasp the interrelation between the parts of the utterance, in
other words, to bridge the semantic gap. Here is an example:

Prison is where she belongs. And my husband agrees one thousand per cent
Chiasmus – reversed parallelism - Gentlemen, a court is no better than each
man of you sitting before me on the jury. A court is only as sound as its jury, and a
jury is onlyy as sound as the men who make it up (H. Lee).

Успіх несе радість. Радість несе успіх.

Climax - is an arrangement of sentences (or of the homogeneous parts of
one sentence) which secures a gradual increase in significance, importance, or
emotional tension in the utterance, as in:

"It was a lovely city, a beautiful city, a fair city, a veritable gem of a city"
Gradation
Detachment ()
Ellipsis ()
Enumeration - a stylistic device by means of which homogeneous parts of
an utterance are made heterogeneous from the semantic point of view. Let us
examine the following cases of enumeration:

"'Famine, despair, cold, thirst and heat had done Their work on them by
turns, and thinn'd them too..."
Inversion ()
Parallel construction ()
Parenthesis - The normal progression of a sentence is interrupted by extra
information or explanations enclosed in commas, brackets or dashes. The extra
information can be a single word, a phrase or even a sentence.
Pleonasm ()
Polysyndeton ()
Repetition ()
Rhetorical question ()
Suspense ()
Semantically false chains - a variation of zeugma when the number of
homogeneous members, semantically disconnected, but attached to the same verb,
increases (V.A.K.)
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Synonymic repetition ()