Epithet, Детальна інформація

T. Dreiser Pun

1. “I had not!” Cried the Mouse, sharply and very angrily.

“A knot!”said Alice, always ready to make herself useful, and looking anxiously about her.

“Oh, do let me help to undo it!”

“I shall do nothing of the sort”, said the Mouse, getting up and walking away.

L. Carroll

2. “…You see the earth takes twenty-four hours to turn round on its axis -”

“Talking of axes”, said the Dormouse, “chop off her head!”

L. Carroll

3. “No, please go on!” Alice said very humbly: “I won’t interrupt you again. I dare say there may be one” (pronoun)

“One, indeed!” said the Dormouse, without considering at all this time. (numeral)

L. Carroll

4. “Take some more tea”, the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly.

“I’ve had nothing yet”, Alice replied in an offended tone, “so I can’t take more”.

“You mean, you can’t take less”, said the Hatter: “It’s very easy to take more than nothing”.

. Carroll Antithesis

1. Most of the children here have had measles. Those that haven’t are sure to have it sooner or later.

A.J. Cronin

2. His cigar bobbed up and down, discharging ash partly on himself, partly on the polished linoleum floor.

A. Hailey

3. It was a signal of tuberculosis; whether old or recent they would know in a moment.

A. Hailey

4. “Storm or not, contracts decreed that air freight perishables must arrive at destination fresh, and swiftly”.

A. Hailey Detached construction Parenthesis

1. His place of business – whatever high-class dentists choose to call it – was quite ready for him when he arrived at Hanbridge.

A. Bennett

2. She had a warmth of spirit – he had once described it to himself as a strong kindness – that was at once soothing and restoring.

A. Hailey

3. As he watched her now – she had stopped to speak with one of the interns – he saw her raise a hand and push back her hair from the side of her face.

A. Hailey