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1、Summary LoveisaFallacy ThemeLexicaldevicesSyntacticdevicesRhetoricaldevicesDiscoursecohesiondevicesTheChiefAttractionoftheText Thetheme Thethemeofthestoryisstatedbythewriterinthetitleofthestory MaxSchulmanwantsthereader afterreadingthestory toconcludethat love isanerror adeceptionandanemotionthatdoe
2、snotfollowtheprinciplesoflogic Butthewriter throughthisstoryhassucceededperhapsunwittingly unconsciously inrevealingwhatlovemaysometimesmeanintheaffluentsociety Girlsdonotwantbrilliant giftedoreducatedhusbands butwanthusbandswhoarerichandwealthyenoughtoprovideallthewealthythingsnecessaryforkeepingup
3、withtheJoneses home clothes cars bigmansions famousbrandcars etc LexicaldevicesThelexicalspectrumiscolorful Thismixaddstotherealismofthestory Onewouldexpectafreshmantotalklikethat 1 Theuseofexclamatorywords Thesewordsinclude Gee Oo Wow dow showingthatthegirlissimple mindedandstupid 2 Theuseofclipped
4、vulgarformsSuchformsas delish marvy sensaysh terrif and magnif arechosentocreatetheimageofthesimple mindednessandstupidityofthegirl 3 TheuseofultralearnedtermsManysuchtermsas DictoSimpliciter PostHoc AdMisericordiam showingboastingofthenarratorcontrastssharplywiththesimple mindednessofthegirl 4 Theu
5、seofcommendatorywordsThesetermsinclude cool logical keen calculating perspicacious acute powerful precise and penetrating SuchacleverfreshmanismadeinsharpcontrastwiththedumbPeteyBurch 5 TheuseofderogatorytermsManyderogatorytermstodescribePeteyBurch whois dumb nothingupstairs emotional unstable impre
6、ssionable and Worstofall afaddist ThedumbnessofPeteyBurchisvividlyportrayedhere 6 TheuseofcolloquialwordsForexample dumb pin up kid gosteady date HolyToledo casual kick laugh terrif magnif yummy fireaway and darn toaddrealismtothestory 7 TheuseofslangsHerearesomeexamples nothingupstairs keen deal nu
7、t knockoneout dreamy howcute well heeled rat knot head jitterbug guy fracture andmanyothers Theselexicaldevicestogetherhelptocontributetothevividnessandaestheticbeautyoftheessay Rhetoricaldevices 1 Simile Mybrainwasaspowerfulasadynamo aspreciseasachemist sscales aspenetratingasascalpel 2 Metaphor 1
8、Mybrain thatprecisioninstrument slippedintohighgear 2 Inotherwords ifyouareoutofthepicture thefieldwouldbeopen 3 Metonymy 1 Iwasnotonetoletmyheartrulemyhead 2 Thereisalimittowhatfleshandbloodcanbear Syntacticdevices TheuseofsimplesentencesTheyshed Theysmellbad Theyweightoomuch They reunsightly Theus
9、eofsentencefragments Sameage samebackground butdumbasanox Worstofall afaddist Theuseofend focussentences IthappenedthatI asalawstudent wastakingacourseinlogicmyself soIhadallthefactsatmyfingertips Theuseofellipticalsentences Emotionaltype Unstable Impressionable Theuseofdashesandshortdialoguestomain
10、tainafastpaceExamplesseepara 139 150 Theuseofinvertedsentences CoolwasIandlogical LikeafoolIspentallmymoneyfortextbooks 4 Antithesis Itis afterall easiertomakeabeautifuldumbgirlsmartthantomakeanuglysmartgirlbeautiful 5 Hyperbole 1 Itisnotoftenthatonesoyoungsuchagiantintellect 2 Hejuststoodandstaredw
11、ithmadlustatthecoat 3 Youarethewholeworldtome andmoonandthestarsandtheconstellationsofouterspace 6 Rhetoricalquestion CouldCarlyledomore CouldRuskin Whoknew 7 Parody What sPollytome ormetoPolly aparodyof What sHecubatohimorhetoHecubathatheshouldweepforher fromShakespeare sHamlet Discoursecohesiondev
12、ices Thewords raccooncoat appear18timesinallandthereare12pronounsfor raccooncoat Thelast3wordsoftheessayarealso araccooncoat Inall thewords raccooncoat appear31timesintheessay Theword fallacy appears17timesinallintheessayanditservesasaperfectexampleofcohesion TheChiefAttractionoftheText ThehumorThew
13、holestoryisapieceoflight humoroussatire satirizingasmug self conceitedfreshmaninalawschool 1 thetitleThetitleishumorous Thewriterwantsthereaderstoconcludethat love isanerror adeceptionandanemotionthatdoesnotfollowtheprinciplesoflogic 2 theauthor snote spongy limp flaccid arespecificcharacteristicsof
14、hisessay Heisjoking whichindicatesthatthewholestoryishumorous 3 thecontrastthelawstudent thegirl PeteyboastinghimselfV S downgradingtheothers4 theendingofthestorytheraccooncoatwhichthelawstudentdespisesandgiveittohisroommatefortheexchangeofhisgirlfriendhasfinallybecometherootcauseofhislosinghisgirlfriend 5 thecleverchoiceofthenamesPettey pityEspy Ispy Thankyou
