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  • Index of stylistic terms






    (See Commentaries)

    Alliteration — L 6, note 8; L 11 (part I), note 10; L 14, note 2.

    Allusion — L 6, note 5; L 9, notes 6, 7, 8; L 14, note 9.

    American English — L 11 (part I), notes 5, 6, 8.

    Anaphora — L 10, note 1.

    Antithesis — L 10, note 9; L 13, note 7.

    Chiasmus — L 10, note 2.

    Cliche — L 13, note 7.

    Climax — L 5, note 12.

    Colloquial speech — L 4, notes 4, 5; L 6, notes 2, 6; L 11 (part I), notes 1, 2, 3, 6, 9.

    Elliptical sentences — L 4, note 5; L 6, note 6.

    Epithet — L 1, note 1.

    Hyperbole — L 4, note 9; L 14, note 8.

    Inversion — L 2, note 1.

    Metaphor — L 5, notes 5, 7; L 13, note 6; L 14, notes 6, 12.

    Metonymy — L 1, note 9; L 2, notes 2, 4; L 5, note 2.

    Paradox — L 6, p. 71. [223]

    Parallelism — L 1, note 7; L 10, note 6; L 13, note 7.

    Pleonasm — L 11 (part II), note 3.

    Reiteration — L 2, notes 1, 6; L 10, note 1.

    Represented speech — L 7, note 3.

    Rhetorical question — L G, note 9.

    Simile — L 3, note 9; L 14, note 9.

    Slang — L 8, note 1.

    Spaced letters — L 6, note 7.

    Stage directions — L 6, note 1.

    Tautology — L 11 (part I), note 10; L 14, note 2.

    Vulgarism — L G, p. 78.

    Understatement — L 11 (part 1), note 9. [224]

     


    * He – little Rawdon, Rebecca’s son

    ** Lord Southdown – brother lady Jane Crawley, Rawdon’s aunt

    *** Briggs – an old spinster who lived with Rebecca as companion

    **** Lord Steyne – an old aristocrat, Rebecca’s admirer

    * Gaunt House – Lord Steyne’s mansion

    ** Bon Dieu! (Fr.) – Боже мой!

    *** Vehmgericht (German) – тайное судилище

    **** That kep him up – that kept him up

    * Saint Paul’s – Saint Paul’s Cathedral, the largest and the most famous cathedral in London built by Sir Christopher Wren between 1675 and 1710

    ** Matters not – stands for “does not matter”; seldom used nowadays

    * Pray – is a form of request equivalent to “please” (or “I beg you to”), It is now going out of use.

    ** Master – a title of respect for a boy

    *** Nigh – archaic for “near”

    * warmint—evidently " varmint" — dial, or slang of vermin: a noxious or troublesome animal or person

    ** since you came of age = became a man (in English law, 21 years)

    *** …whiles you was a minor = while you were below the age of 21

    **** What odds...? = What does it matter...?

    * * Missouri is a state in the central part of the USA. Aaron Burr (1756—1836)—third Vice-President of the United States (1801—1805) [50]

    ** Aaron Burr (1756—1836)—third Vice-President of the United States (1801—1805)

    * the local practitioner—the local doctor Dick had applied to

    ** Maisie—the girl Dick loved

    *** Binkie—Dick's dog

    * Torp (Torpenhow) -a journalist, the friend Dick shared rooms with

    ** Christmas-carol book—a book of Christmas hymns (carols)

    * Catherine-wheels—rotating fireworks

    ** dorglums—here evidently stands for " doggie"

    * The " Melancholia" is the name of Dick's last picture.

    * Mr. Hushabye and Hesione, his wife, are host and hostess of the house.

    ** He... shews his teeth.—He takes up threatening attitude; " shew" is B. Shaw's spelling of the verb " show".

    * dead lift — an effort under discouraging conditions a difficulty

    ** to go bust (sl.) — to burst up, to go bankrupt

    * The exercise is borrowed from A. S. Hornby's Oxford Progressive English for Adult Learners, Book 3, p. 192.

     

    * Robin Hill – the country house where Jon’s family lived. It was originally built for Irene by her first husband Soames, Fleur’s father.

    ** A miraculous dawdle – wonderful idle pastime

    *** The Downs – grassy hills, especially in Southern England

    * The vertebrae – the backbone or spinal or spinal column

    ** Wandson – a place in Sussex

    *** The loss of castle - the loss of the right to be respected

    **** The Dragon – probably the local inn or public house

    * Tahiti [ta: 'hi: ti]—an island in the South Pacific Ocean

    ** the Paumotus [pa: u'moutu: z]—an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean

    *** the Marquesas [ma: 'keisǽ s]—an archipelago lying to the North of the Pau­motus

    * Papeete [pa: pei'eitei]—seaport on Tahiti; capital of the Society Islands






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