Педагогический университет, Филологический факультет, г.Симферополь, 2016 г.
Time of hope by Charles P.Snow.
Chapter 5. A ten-shilling note in front of the class.
Book "Analytical reading" by V.B.SosnovskayaTasks
Discuss the conflict presented in the extract in accordance with the following.
What impression of Lewis’ mother, Mr. Peck and Lewis himself have you gathered? Find adjectives to character¬ize each of them.
Express the underlying thought of the extract in a half-page statement.
Who is the narrator of the episode? Does the time of narration coincide with the time of action? Prove your point, the character of word-choice and syntax may be your guide.
Do the following tasks in this connection
Make a list of the words found in the extract which denote: social position, satisfaction, anger, frustration.
Pick out epithets, metaphors and similes found in the extract and comment on their nature. Are such metaphors as “I was flooded with happiness” original or trite? Do they.paint a picture of the object spoken of or serve as emotional intensifiers?
Observe the cases of gradation, parallel construc¬tions and repetition. Comment on their effect.
