Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Vendler Questions from Chapter 5

What are the interesting or unusual words in the sentence?

What speech acts are taking place?

What is implied in the "white space" between sentences or stanzas?

Is the organization linear (start-to-finish), radial (a cluster of phrases around a center), or recursive (doubling back on itself)?

Does the language change from concrete to abstract, or vice versa?

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