ACADEMY OF JOURNALISM AND COMMUNICATION Faculty of Foreign

Languages

STYLISTIC DEVICES
in ‘Woman in Black’, ‘The Colonel’s
Lady’ & ‘The Old Man and The Sea’
(An assignment on Stylistics and English Newspaper Style)

By: Phan Thuy Vy – ETE38

Supervisor: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Nguyen Thanh Huong

HANOI, 2020
 Woman in Black
Paragraphs Stylistic Devices
Par.1
1) I saw that it was quite dark but... The moon fell
upon the embroidered counterpane and on the Polysyndeton
dark wood of wardrobe and chest and mirror
with a cold but rather beautiful light...
2) I saw that it was quite dark but... The moon fell
upon the embroidered counterpane and on the Enumeration
dark wood of wardrobe and chest and mirror
with a cold but rather beautiful light...
Par.2
1) At first, all seemed very quiet, very still, and I Repitition
wondered why I had awoken.
2) Then, with a missed heart-beat, I realized that Epithet
Spider was up and standing at the door.
3) Every hair of her body was on end, her ears Enumeration
were pricked, her tail erects, the whole of her
tense, as if ready to spring.
4) Every hair of her body was on end, her ears
were pricked, her tail erects, the whole of her Comparison
tense, as if ready to spring.
5) And she was emitting a soft, low growl from Oxymoron
deep in her throat.
6) I sat up paralysed, frozen, in the bed, conscious
only of the dog and of the pricking of my own Polysyndeton
skin and of what suddenly seemed different
kind of silence, ominous and dreadful.
7) …It was a faint noise, and, strain my ears as I Epithet
might, I could not make out exactly what it
was.
8) …It was a faint noise, and, strain my ears as I Zeugma
might, I could not make out exactly what it
was.
9) It was sound like a regular yet intermittent Onomatopeia
bump or rumble.
10) …There were no footsteps, no cracking Repitition
floorboard, the air was absolutely still, the
wind did not moan through the casement.
11) …There were no footsteps, no cracking Onomatopeia
floorboard, the air was absolutely still, the
wind did not moan through the casement.
12) Only the muffled noise went on and the dog
continued to stand, bristling at the door, now
putting her nose to the gap at the bottom and Enumeration
snuffling along, now talking a pace backwards,
 head cocked and like me, listening, listening.
13) Only the muffled noise went on and the dog
continued to stand, bristling at the door, now
putting her nose to the gap at the bottom and
snuffling along, now talking a pace backwards,
Onomatopeia
head cocked and like me, listening, listening.
14) Only the muffled noise went on and the dog
continued to stand, bristling at the door, now Repitition
putting her nose to the gap at the bottom and
snuffling along, now talking a pace backwards,
Repitition
head cocked and like me, listening, listening.
Par.4
1) […] The passage led only to three other
bedrooms on either side and, one by one, Zeugma
regaining my nerve as I went, I opened them
and looked inside each one.
2) Down below me on the ground floor of the
house, silence, a seething, blanketing, almost Repitition
tangible silence, and a musty darkness, thick as
felt.
3) Down below me on the ground floor of the
house, silence, a seething, blanketing, almost Enumeration
tangible silence, and a musty darkness, thick as
felt…

The Colonel’s Lady

Paragraphs Stylistic Devices
Par.1
1) …Though they were alone and the table was Pun
long they sat at opposite ends of it.
2) From the walls Geoge Peregrine’s ancestors, Suspense
painted by the fashionable painters of the day,
looked down upon them.
3) …There were several letters for the colonel, Enumeration
business letters, The Times, and small parcel
for his wife Evie.
4) “What’s that?” he asked. Quotation

5) “Only some books.” Quotation

6) “Shall I open it for you?” Quotation

7) “If you like” Quotation

8) “But they’re all the same,” he said when he Quotation
had unwrapped the parcel.
9) “What on earth d’ you want six copies of the Quotation
same book for?”
10) He opened one of them, “Poetry.” Quotation

11) He looked at her with smiling surprise. “Have Quotation

you written a book, Evies? You are a slyboots.”
12) He looked at her with smiling surprise. “Have Epithet
you written a book, Evies? You are a slyboots.”
13) “I didn’t think it would interst your very much. Quotation
Would you like a copy?”
14) “Well, you know poetry isn’t much in my line, Quotation
but – yes, I’d like a copy; I’ll read it. I’ll take it
along to my study. I’ve got a lot to do this
morning.”
15) “Well, you know poetry isn’t much in my line,
but – yes, I’d like a copy; I’ll read it. I’ll take it Asyndeton
along to my study. I’ve got a lot to do this  Full form: …,I’d like a
morning.” copy since/as/because
I’ll read it.
16) He gathered up The Times, his litters, and the Enumeration
book, and went out.
17) On the bookshelves, were works of reference,
books on farming, gardening, fishing, and Enumeration
shooting….
18) He could describe himself... as an all-round
sportsman.
19) He had been putting on weight lately, but was
still a fine figure of a man; tall, with grey hair,
only just beginning to grow thin on the crown, Enumeration
frank blue eyes, good features, and a high
color…
20) He had been putting on weight lately, but was Zeugma
still a fine figure of a man; tall, with grey hair,
only just beginning to grow thin on the crown, Metonymy
frank blue eyes, good features, and a high
color…
21) It was hard luck that he had no children. Oxymoron

22) He would have been an excellent father, kindly

but strict, and would have brought up his son
as gentlemen’s sons should be brought up,
sent them to Eton, you know, taught them to
fish, shoot, and ride... Enumeration
23) …Of couse she was a lady, and she had a bit of The Syntactical Whole
 money of her own; she managed the house
uncommonly well and she was a good hostess.
24) …She had been a pretty little thing when he
married her, with a creamy skin, light brown Enumeration
hair, and trim figure, healthy too, and not a bad
tennis player; he couldn’t understand why
she’d had no children; of couse she was faded Euphemism
now, she must be getting on for five and forty.

The Old Man and The Sea

Paragraphs Stylistic Devices
Par.1
1) The fish moved steadily and they traveled
slowly on the calm water. Epithet
2) …“I wish I had the boy,” the old man said Quotation
aloud.
3) “I’m being towed by a fish... I could make the
line fast. But then he could break it. I must hold
him all I can and give him line when he must Quotation
have it. Thank God he is travelling and now
going down.”
4) What I will do if he decides to go down, I don’t
know. What I’ll do if he sounds and dies I don’t Chiasmus
know.
5) What I will do if he decides to go down, I don’t
know. What I’ll do if he sounds and dies I don’t Rhyme
know.
6) If he doesn’t, maybe he will come up with the
moon. If he does not to do that, maybe he will Chiasmus
come up with the sunrise.
7) If he doesn’t, maybe he will come up with the Metaphor
moon. If he does not to do that, maybe he will
come up with the sunrise. Metaphor
8) I wish I could see him. I wish I could see him Repitition
only once to know that I have against me.
9) The fish never changed his course nor his
direction all that night as far as the man tells Simile
from watching the stars.
10) I was cold after the sun went down and the old
man’s sweat dried cold on his back and his arm Polysyndeton
and his old legs.