Application of Stlylistics in English Writing---how to write a paper.docVIP

The Application of Stylistics in English Writing Stylistics is the study and interpretation of texts from a linguistic perspective. As a discipline it links literary criticism and linguistics, but has no autonomous domain of its own (Simpson, Paul. 2004). The preferred object of stylistic studies is literature. Stylistics is a distinctive term that may be used to determine the connections between the form and effects within a particular variety of language. Therefore, stylistics looks at what is ‘going on’ within the language; what the linguistic associations are that the style of language reveals. English writing is one of the most significant aspects which can not be ignored to English learners. It can test not only the basic rules of students in writing but also the critical thinking patterns, including appropriacy. That is the vital reason why a masterpiece can be a masterpiece rather than a common practice. If a composition is written without Figures of Speech then, lacking of infectivity. While words used in extended meanings for purpose of making comparisons or calling up pictures in the reader’s or listener’s mind are used figuratively. It helps make a passage more readable and touching. I. Problems Adult-English learners prefer to write English compositions in Chinese patterns, even though the usage of grammar is right, it can not be accepted as a good writing for the wrong diction or plain and dull description. It is necessary to get some knowledge about Stylistics to color writer’s works. E.G. Mary is a quiet and careful woman. Obviously, the sentence above is absolutely correct in grammar. However, read it carefully, it is wordy. The similar sentences which used by Chinese students would appear frequently in writing. “it was blue in color”, “he returned in the early part of the month of August”, etc. Writing is an output process. By reading a writer’s composition, we can easily find out how much he read; the thinking pattern and his grammatic