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Essay on Assessment of Style of the Prose Piece

   

Added on  2020-05-11

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Running head: STYLISTICS IN KRAPFSTYLISTICS IN KRAPFName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthor Note

1STYLISTICS IN KRAPFIn the field of literature, style refers to that element of literature which describes theprocesses in which the author utilizes and plays with his words. It deals with the structure andarrangement of sentences, the figurative use of language. In the essay that follows, an attempt ismade to conduct an assessment of the style of the prose piece “I Came. I Saw. I Spun” by JasonKarpf. The essay looks into the style and diction used in the document in discussion. The style of a document helps sharpen both the expressive and the referential meaningsof the writing. The elements analyzed during attempting a stylistic analysis of a provideddocument are the compositional organization of the document on the whole, developments ofparagraphs, structure and rhythm of the sentences, punctuation and diction used by the writer(Wales; Litosseliti).All the elements dealt with in the study of style work in combination to establish theconcepts of meaning, mood and imagery of a given text. The main function of the style of a textis to help in characterizing the speaker. The writer of the concerned text is termed good or bad onthe basis of his usage of associations or connotations to distinguish the concerned character fromthe other characters in the piece of literature (Toolan). The style of the document concerned withthe tone of the text. It conveys the judgement made by the author on the character. The frequentusage of the linguistic choices helps them to be wide ranged thereby aiding the writer to expressunique feelings and thoughts in a more precise manner. In the given document, “I Came. I Saw. I Spun” by Jason Krapf, is found the use of theliteral style of writing (Karpf, 18-19). In this document, is discussed the history of the well-known Roman dictator, Julius Caesar. The document is written using a lucid language todescribe the ascent of the political and military career of Julius Caesar. The article focusses onthe ways and methods use by the Roman emperor to gain the highest post in the Roman

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