LOVE ISA FALLACY练习答案.doc

Stuart: Introduction to the Passage 　　 1. Type of literature: a piece of narrative writing 　　　　--protagonist/antagonists 　　　　 --climax 　　　　--denouement 　　2. The main theme 　　3. Well chosen title and words 　　4. Style 　　　　--a very fast pace with a racy dialogue full of American colloquialism and slang 　　　　--employing a variety of writing techniques to make the story vivid, dramatic and colorful III. Effective Writing Skills: 　　1. Employing colorful lexical spectrum, from the ultra learned terms to the infra clipped vulgar forms 　　2. Too much figurative language and ungrammatical inversion for specific purposes 　　3. The using of short sentences, elliptical sentences and dashes to maintain the speed of narration Love is a Fallacy 仁朔膳楼籾/EXERCISES I. Write a short note on: Ruskin. [SRB] 1. Oxford Companion to English Literature 2. any book on the history of English literature 3. any standard encyclopedia II. Questions on content: 1. What does the writer say about his own essay? Is he serious in his remarks? 2. What, according to the writer, is the purpose of this essay? Do you agree? 3. Why does the narrator consider Petey Burch dumb as an ox? 4. Why does the narrator teach Polly Espy logic? Did he succeed? 5. Define and give an example of each of the logical fallacies discussed in this essay. ‰. Questions on appreciation: 1. Comment on the title of this essay. Is it humorous? 2. Can you find any evidence to support the view that the writer is satirizing a bright but self-satisfied young man? 3. What is the purpose of this essay or story? What method does the writer employ? 4. Comment on the language used by Polly. What effect does her language create? 5. Why does the narrator argue that the things you learn in school dont have anything to do with life? (para. 145) 6. What is the topic sentence of paragraph 50? How does the writer develop the idea expressed in the topic sentence? 7. Why does the narrator refer to Pygmalion and Frankenstein? Are these allusi