2. Climax is a figure of speech in which successive words,
phrases, clauses, or sentences are arranged in
order of importance, as in "Look! Up in the sky! It's a
bird! It's a plane! It's Superman!"
3.
4. - Let a man acknowledge his obligations to himself,
his family, his country, and his God.
- Пусть человек признает свои обязательства
перед самим собой, своей семьей, своей
страной и своим Богом.
- Since concord was lost, friendship was lost;
fidelity was lost; liberty was lost—all was lost.
- Поскольку согласие было потеряно, дружба
была потеряна; верность была потеряна;
свобода была потеряна—все было потеряно.
6. EXAMPLE:
Ne barrier wall, ne river
deep and wide, Ne
horrid crags, nor
mountains dark and tall
Rise like the rocks that
part Hispania's land
from Gaul.
9. A passionate ballad
gallant and gay -
Страстная баллада
галантная и веселая
Spring begins with the first
narcissus, rather cold and
shy and wintry - Весна
начинается с первого
нарцисса, довольно
холодного, застенчивого
и зимнего
10. Inversion is considered complete, when the
predicate is displaced:
• .. the white rabbit was still in sight… There was
a moment to be lost: away went Alice like the
wind.
In all cases it is partial:
• Suddenly, thump! Thump! down she came upon
heap of sticks and dry leaves…
11. Adverbial modifier in the initial position
Eagerly I wished the morrow.
Predicative before Subject
Beautiful those donkeys where!
Direct object in the initial position
Her love letters I returned to the detectives for
filing.