Back to category: English Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper. Analysis Style Analysis The following elements of style should be examined when analyzing prose or poetry passages for the A.P. Exam. DICTION - word choice Sounds- "hard" or "soft," hissy or explosive, vowels vs. consonants Word length- level of sophistication of speaker, may reflect audience Invented words- iron curtain, granfalloon, wrongthink, supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Compound words- belly-bedded, fat-rutted, swan road Dialect-Twain and Dickens Use of language to shock- Catcher in the Rye, Chaucer, Dante SYNTAX-structure of sentences Length of sentence Order of words in sentence- simple, compound, complex tense Conditionals - may, might, o... Posted by: Janet Valerio Limited version - please login or register to view the entire paper. |
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