Graphic. Punctuation
Phonetic Stylistic Devices
English Vocabulary
Lexical Stylistic Devices
Syntactical Stylistic Devices
Decoding Stylistics
Biographies
Guidelines
Analysis
Texts
Analysis
Phrases to be used in the analysis of the text
The excerpt I am dealing with is taken from…The text under consideration is a fragment from…
The text I am going to comment on is a story by…
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The plot of the story is concerned with…
The subject matter of the passage is…
The story tells of…
The story gives a deep insight into…
The story shows the drama of…
The story depicts…
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The action takes place in…
The scene is set in …
The setting for the story is…
The main characters are…
The plot is very simple…
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The story is told in the first/third person…
This is a first/third person narration…
The narrative is in the first/third person…
It is a description/ an account of
The story opens with…
This part of the text is written in the form of a description blended with dialogue…
The description of the … is not only the background of…
The narration is interwoven / interlaced with the…
This episode presents…
This scene is dramatic/impressive/humorous…
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The usage of colloquial English /archaic words/create (…), humorous effect.
The choice of epithets reveals the author’s …attitude to the character.
The image of a cat crouching under the table suggests…
This mood is conveyed by…
This effect is created by …
These details underline…
