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3. He glanced up, laid down his cigarette, went into the hall.
A.J. Cronin
4. His shoes were black laced boots, good boots, honest boots, standard boots, extraordinarily uninteresting boots.
S.Lewis
Anticlimax
1. The children began upon the chocolate biscuits and ended with a fight for the last piece of bread.
A.J. Cronin
The author creates a comic effect with this unexpected ending of the sentence.
2. They were going to give him a free hand, back him up with their immense authority , turn him loose on his clinical research . “But, gentlemen”, Billy suddenly pipped, shuffling himself a new deal from his coat pockets, “before Doctor Manson goes on with this problem, before we can feel ourselves at liberty to allow him to concentrate his efforts upon it, there is another and, more pressing matter, which I feel he ought to take up .”
A.J. Cronin
3. “Perhaps it’s a call, Chris! Think of it! My first Aberalaw case.”
He dashed into the hall.
It was not a case, however, but Doctor Llewellyn, telefoning his welcome from his home at the other end of the town.
A.J. Cronin
4. The gray suit was well cut, well made, and completely undistinguished. His shoes were black laced boots, good boots, honest boots, standard boots, extraordinarily uninteresting boots.
S.Lewis
Anaphora
1. He told her she was a sweet, exquisite child. He told her he had been a brute to her but that for the rest of his life he would be a carpet – not red, since she interjected her objection to that colour – on which she might tread. He told her much more than that.
A.J. Cronin
Here the author uses a serial repetition of the phrase “he told her” at the beginning of 3 consecutive sentences.
2. She laughed till the tears ran down her cheeks. She laughed so hard that he sat up, concerned.
A.J. Cronin
3. Could a man own anything prettier than this dining-table with its deep tints, the starry, soft-petalled roses, the ruby-coloured glass, and quaint silver furnishing; could a man own anything prettier than a woman who sat at it?
J. Galsworthy
The author uses repetition of the phrase “could a man own anything prettier than” at the beginning of the sentence and at the beginning of the clause.
Epiphora
1. Dear God, he had done it ! He had done it! He was through, he had done it !
A.J. Cronin
Repeated unit is placed at the end of consecutive sentences.
2. “The reports are taking too long . Much too long . ”
A. Hailey
3. “I haven’t got a job . I’m not looking for a job . Furthermore, I am not going to look for a job .”
J. London
The author repeats a word “job” at the end of consecutive sentences.
Aposiopesis
1. “Good afternoon”, said Mr. Cowlishaw “Have you…Can I…”
A. Bennett
The character is worried, this why he can’t end his statements.
2. “But, George, maybe it’s very important for you to go and learn all that about – cattle judging and soils and those things… Of course, I don’t know.”
O. Wilde
The author uses aposiopesis to show the nervousness and worry of the character.
3. “Listen, Emily, I’m going to tell you why I’m not going to Agriculture School. I think that once you’re found a person that you’re very fond of… I mean a person who’s fond of you, too, and likes you enough to be interested in your character… Well, I think that’s just as important as college is, and even more so. That’s what I think.”
O. Wilde
Hyperbaton
1. “I know there was a bit of misunderstanding between your Tom and me. But it’s Christmas – and – oh, well, I want – ” he broke down lamely, - “I mean, I’d be awfully pleased if the three of you would come round and help us eat our Christmas dinner.”
A.J. Cronin
The author uses hyperbaton to show the high-strung state of the speaker’s mind.
2. “The fact is I’d begun to ask myself if you weren’t too slight, too much of a kid ever to – oh, well, I’m delighted. But we’re not going to get sentimental. Slushy, I mean. No,no! Let’s leave that sort of thing to Mr. And Mrs. Smith.”
A.J. Cronin
3. “I slipped in. Nobody knows I am here. I wanted to see you. I came to tell you I have been very foolish. I came because I could no longer stay away, because my heart compelled me to come, because…because I wanted to come.”
J. London
Framing
1. A mistake had been made, and yet it was not a wanton mistake .