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Figurative language surprises the reader because the statement or idea expressed does not make sense on the surface level , and , since literal meaning is denied , an act of imagination is required before the intended meaning becomes ...
Figurative language surprises the reader because the statement or idea expressed does not make sense on the surface level , and , since literal meaning is denied , an act of imagination is required before the intended meaning becomes ...
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The tendency in longer sentences is to stress all head - words regardless of coincidence with intonational stress as a way of marking off the separate sense units , whether or not the units are formally punctuated .
The tendency in longer sentences is to stress all head - words regardless of coincidence with intonational stress as a way of marking off the separate sense units , whether or not the units are formally punctuated .
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In fact , the sentence is run over into another line more often than not in order to encourage a sense of continuity and flow . There are only two alternatives : either ending the line with a completed sense unit and conventional ...
In fact , the sentence is run over into another line more often than not in order to encourage a sense of continuity and flow . There are only two alternatives : either ending the line with a completed sense unit and conventional ...
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Contents
The Nature of Literature and its Historical Tradition | 1 |
Narrative Fiction and the Printed Word | 39 |
Aesthetic Elements of Narrative Fiction | 48 |
Copyright | |
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