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“Mrs. Barlow had splendid dark eyes and they were the most moving I ever saw; they seemed to be ever on the point of filling with tears; they suggested that the world was too much for her.” Which stylistic device is mainly used in the descriptive words “splendid,” “moving,” and “dark” in this passage?
Epithet
“He gave her lovely jewels. He took her here, there, and everywhere. Their marriage was announced for the immediate future.” Which stylistic device is used when the author divides actions into several short independent sentences?
Parcellation (parcelling)
“If you were a strong, hefty fellow with plenty of money, it was almost inevitable that you should say to yourself: I must stand between the hazards of life and this helpless little thing.” Which stylistic device is used in the phrase “this helpless little thing”?
Epithet
“If she married a husband he beat her; if she employed a broker he cheated her; if she engaged a cook she drank. She never had a little lamb but it was sure to die.” Which syntactic stylistic device is created by repeating the same grammatical structure “if she…”?
Parallelism with repetition
“Sometimes they were too large and sometimes they were too small, sometimes they were too far from the centre of things and sometimes they were too close; sometimes they were too expensive and sometimes they wanted too many repairs.” Which stylistic device is created by repeating the phrase “sometimes they were…”?
Repetition / Parallelism
“Roger was very happy. He was committing a good action and at the same time doing something he had very much a mind to.” Considering the later events of the story, which stylistic device is implied in this seemingly positive description?
Irony
“The first time I met her we had played bridge together and when she was my partner she twice trumped my best card. I behaved like an angel, but I confess that I thought if the tears were going to well up into anybody’s eyes they should have been mine rather than hers.” Which stylistic device is used in the phrase “I behaved like an angel”, considering the narrator’s hidden irritation?
Irony
“Then, on a sudden, he fell out of love. I do not know why. Perhaps it was merely that this pathetic look of hers ceased to wring his heart-strings.” Which stylistic device is used when a thought is divided into short separate sentences to emphasize the idea?
Parcellation
“Do you want to marry me or do you not?” she asked him. “If you go on like this we shan’t be married for years.” Which stylistic device is used in this emotionally expressive question?
Rhetorical question
“When Roger told me that he had at last persuaded her to marry him, I wished him joy. ‘I hope you'll be good friends,’ he said. ‘She's had a rotten time, poor dear.’ ‘Yes,’ I said.” Which syntactic stylistic device appears in the short answer “Yes,” I said?
Ellipsis
“This was the gift of pathos. Mrs. Barlow had splendid dark eyes and they seemed always ready to fill with tears.” Which stylistic device is used when the word “this” refers to something that will be explained in the following sentence?
Cataphora
“Roger applied to more agents. They visited house after house. They went over them thoroughly, examining them from the cellars in the basement to the attics under the roof.” Which stylistic device is created by the repetition of similar sentence structures?
Parallelism
“If you don't find a house soon,” she said, “I shall have to reconsider my position. Why, if you go on like this we shan't be married for years.” Which stylistic device is used in the emotional questioning tone of this statement?
Rhetorical question
“They looked at house after house. They climbed thousands of stairs. They inspected innumerable kitchens.” Which stylistic device is used through repeated syntactic structure in these sentences?
Parallelism
“There are limits to human endurance. Mrs. Barlow had the patience of an angel, but at last she revolted.” Which plot element is represented in this moment of the story?
Climax (turning point of the conflict)