Universidad Autónoma de Santo Domingo - Estilistica Practica Correcta

Universidad Autnoma de Santo Domingo
Facultad de Humanidades
Escuela de Idiomas
IDI-234 stylistics A.M.O.R.
Practice Units 1-4
NAME: SEC.: 01 NUM: DATE:
IRead the following phrases from different texts below and classify them into Oral
or Written according to the variety of language they belong to. Then, in 2/3 sentences
explain why.
Example: 0. _Oral _ gimme, gimme, gimme a man after midnight
This text belong to the oral variety because the word gimmerepresents the words give me which
are pronounced informally.
1. Oral we was setting on the front steps, when out comes his aunt polloy with a letter in her
hand and says, Tom, I reckon youve got to pack and go to arkansas , your aunt Sally wants
you well, he says, Im right down sorry, aunt Polly, but I reckon I got to be excused for the
present. Youll be excused!, said aunt Polly angrily and added, If I hear another word out of
you about what youll be excused from and what you wont , I swear to god Illexcuse you on
you Butt with your uncle Bills Belt
This text belongs to the oral variety because it contains several samples of contractions
and many colloquial words. One of this words is excuse which in the context of this
text means to make someone obey by punish/hitting him with a belt.
2. Written Thou art the man cried jakes after a solemn pause, leaning over the cushion.
seventy timers seven times didst thou gapingly contort your visage.
This fragment belong to the written varitey because it uses words that are above the
standar like gapingly contort and visage which means face. Also, it uses
archaisms like thou art and the expression 2seventy times seven times meaning 77
times.
3. Written There was a you prince, lord of all the land, and he found a maiden of indescribable
beauty and delightfulness Love was theirs it was theirs for a year; then suddenly, because
of some venomous sting she died. She died and for a while the prince was utterly prostrated
he did not rend hisgarments as the custom was, for his love was too great for such
extravagance.. Year followed year and he devoted himself to building and adorning the Pearl of
Love.
This is a written type of text or utterance because it vocabulary or lexicon is full of
bookish words like venomous, delightfulness, utterly prostrated, rend garments
and devoted.
4. Oral um, well it was something that happened when I was living in Western Samoa. um,
I rented a house, and, er, my bedroom my bedroom was actually separate, separate from the
rest of the house , and, one night , um, it was quite late. I was lying in bed I was awake, and,
er, my roommate was away at the airport meeting some relatives, and so I was all alone, and
I started hearing noises on the roof of my bedroom. It was a tin roof and um, I heard footsteps
and creaking sounds on the the tin, you know, and an, another noise. I couldnt quite tell what it
was, but it, but it was something strange, and I was scaredreally scaredum, and my
problem was that I, I couldnt get to a phone without unlocking my bedroom door, walking
across the lawn, unlocking the front door, and going into the house. the thought of doing this,
while there was somebody on the roof.[laughs] er, w-was not very, er, possible. So there I
am, lying there, thinking what on earth will I do, and I finally figured that probably the person
there thought there was no one home and was just trying to break in trying to rob the place so I
had a brainwave [laughs] and immediately the person ran across the roof and jumped off, er,
and landed on the lawn. I heard a thud. um, so then I unlocked the door, and went across to the
house, and called the police. Well, they were, they were there, really quickly. I'd say within a
couple of minutes
This one belongs to the oral variety because it makes use of lots of empty words and
sounds like er, so, well and um which represent the speaker is probably trying
to think of what or how he is going to say whats next. Besides, the words used are
colloquial ones
IIRewrite the underlined part of the text in item 4 above into the other variety. If it
belongs to the oral variety rewrite it into the written variety; if it belongs to the written
variety do otherwise, that is, transcribe it into the oral variety. Use the 3rd person
singular. 5 points.
It was something that happened when he was living in Western Samoa. He rented a
house and his bedroom was actually separated from the rest of the house. a quite late
night,. He was awake lying in his bed. his roommate was away at the airport to meeting
some relatives. He was alone and suddenly he started hearing some noise on the roof of
his bedroom, he heard footsteps and a creaking sound on the tin.
(this is a sample key)
III-Identify the phonetic stylistic devices or figures of speech write A (alliteration), D

O (direct onomatopoeia) ID (indirect onomatopoeia), R (rhyme). In the case or rhyme say
what kind of rhyme, if end (e), full (f), assonance (a), consonance (c), internal (i), or Visual
(v). write the corresponding letter only. 2 points each.
1. A His wife was shrill, languid, handsome and horrible.
2. A The fair breeze blew, the white foam flew, the blue furrow followed free.
3. DO The Italian trio tut-tutted because their English was not good.
4. DO Then, with an enormous, shattering rumble, sludge-puff, sludge-puff, the train came
into the station.
5. DO "Sh-sh.", he said. "But I am whispering.", She replied. This continual shushing

annoyed him.
6. R and Rhythm The Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold,
And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold.
There is full or perfect, final rhyme in the words fold and gold
7. R on the White December bough

No birds were there though.
There is final and visual or eye rhyme in the final words of each line (bough and
though)
8. R Life is a lettered road

For those who can read
There is final and consonant rhyme in the final words of each line (road and
read) because only the consonants r and d are identical or similar

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III-Identify the phonetic stylistic devices or figures of speech write A (alliteration), D

5. DO "Sh-sh.", he said. "But I am whispering.", She replied. This continual shushing

7. R on the White December bough

8. R Life is a lettered road

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