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1st Set Worksheet in Introduction To Stylistics

This document contains 4 worksheets that are part of an introduction to stylistics course. The worksheets cover topics like concept mapping stylistics, comparing morphological and syntactic stylistics, analyzing what it means to study a text, writing poems, and identifying Grice's maxims of conversation. Students are asked to complete tasks like defining terms, answering questions, comparing concepts, and writing short responses that demonstrate their understanding of the key course concepts through examples and analysis.

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1st Set Worksheet in Introduction To Stylistics

This document contains 4 worksheets that are part of an introduction to stylistics course. The worksheets cover topics like concept mapping stylistics, comparing morphological and syntactic stylistics, analyzing what it means to study a text, writing poems, and identifying Grice's maxims of conversation. Students are asked to complete tasks like defining terms, answering questions, comparing concepts, and writing short responses that demonstrate their understanding of the key course concepts through examples and analysis.

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1st Set WORKSHEET IN INTRODUCTION TO STYLISTICS

NOTE: Answering ANY/ALL of the items in this Worksheet requires


comprehensive and intensive further research on various related
references both print and non-print. Hence, you must integrate your
ideas anchored on the lessons discussed.

Worksheet 1
Introduction to Stylistics

I. Direction: Complete the following concept map by providing ideas related to the
main word. (25 points)

STYLISTICS

II. Direction: Provide a brief but substantial answers for each of the following statements. Observe
writing conventions when answering.

1. In your own ideas, what makes a literary text worthy to read? Enumerate examples to support your answer
(15 points.)

2. If you were to compose a literary text, would it be a poem or short story? Why? Explain your answer. (10
points)
1st Set WORKSHEET IN INTRODUCTION TO STYLISTICS

Worksheet 2
Basic Linguistic Approach to Literary Study and Criticism

I. Direction: Provide a brief but substantial answer to the following statement.

1. What exactly do we mean when we say “We are going to study a text.”?
Explain in your own words. (10 points)

II. Direction: Write a 4-line, 4-stanza poem about society. Observe the
elements of a poem such as rhyme, rhythm, figurative
language, and imagery. (40 points)

________ __________________________
Title
1st Set WORKSHEET IN INTRODUCTION TO STYLISTICS

Worksheet 3
Types of Stylistics

I. Direction: Compare and contrast Morphological Stylistics from Syntactic


Stylistics using the Venn diagram below. (15 points)

II. Direction: Come up with a short but substantial essay discussing what
distinguishes stylistics from literary criticism. Cite examples to support
your answer. (35 points)
1st Set WORKSHEET IN INTRODUCTION TO STYLISTICS

Worksheet 4
“Grice’s Maxims of Conversation:
The Principles of Effective Communication”

I. Directions: Encircle the letter of the correct answer. (12 points)

1. What are the maxims of quantity?


a. Speakers should be brief and orderly, and avoid obscurity and ambiguity.
b. Speakers should be as informative as is required, that they should give neither
too little nor too much information.
c. Speakers are assumed to be saying something that is relevant to what has been
said before.
d. Speakers are expected to be sincere, to be saying something that they believe
corresponds to reality.

2. What it the maxim of quality?


a. Speakers should be brief and orderly, and avoid obscurity and ambiguity.
b. Speakers should be as informative as is required, that they should give neither
too little nor too much information.
c. Speakers are assumed to be saying something that is relevant to what has been
said before.
d. Speakers are expected to be sincere, to be saying something that they believe
corresponds to reality.

3. What is the maxim of relation?


a. Speakers should be brief and orderly, and avoid obscurity and ambiguity.
b. Speakers should be as informative as is required, that they should give neither
too little nor too much information.
c. Speakers are assumed to be saying something that is relevant to what has been
said before.
d. Speakers are expected to be sincere, to be saying something that they believe
corresponds to reality.

4. What is the maxim of manner?


a. Speakers should be brief and orderly, and avoid obscurity and ambiguity.
b. Speakers should be as informative as is required, that they should give neither
too little nor too much information.
c. Speakers are assumed to be saying something that is relevant to what has been
said before.
1st Set WORKSHEET IN INTRODUCTION TO STYLISTICS

d. Speakers are expected to be sincere, to be saying something that they believe


corresponds to reality.

5. When speakers are flouting the maxims...


a. they have an imperfect knowledge or performance of language.
b. they seem unwilling to cooperate in the way the maxim requires.
c. they appear not to follow the maxims but expect hearers to appreciate the
meaning implied.
d. they know that the hearer will not know the truth and will only understand the
surface meaning of the words.

6. The speaker who flouts the maxim of quantity...


a. by suing hyperbole, metaphor, irony and banter.
b. appears to be obscure, is often trying to exclude a third party.
c. expects that the hearers will be able to imagine what the utterance did not say.
d. seems to give too little or too much information.

7. The speaker flouting the maxim of quality


a. by suing hyperbole, metaphor, irony and banter.
b. appears to be obscure, is often trying to exclude a third party.
c. expects that the hearers will be able to imagine that the utterance did not say.
d. seems to give too little or too much information.

8. When speakers flout the maxim of relation...


a. they may use hyperbole, metaphor, irony and banter.
b. they appear to be obscure, are often trying to exclude a third party.
c. they expect that the hearers will be able to imagine that the utterance did not
say.
d. they seem to give too little or too much information.

9. When speakers flout the maxim of manner...


a. they may hyperbole, metaphor, irony and banter.
b. they appear to be obscure, are often trying to exclude a third party.
c. they expect that the hearers will be able to imagine that the utterance did not
say.
d. they seem to give too little or too much information.

10. Speakers can be said to violate a maxim when...


a. they have an imperfect knowledge or performance of language.
b. they seem unwilling to cooperate in the way the maxim requires.
c. they appear not to follow the maxims but expect hearers to appreciate the
meaning implied.
d. they know that the hearer will not know the truth and will only understand the
surface meaning of the words.

11. What is infringing maxims?


a. When the speaker has an imperfect knowledge or performance of language.
b. When the speaker seems unwilling to cooperate in the way the maxim
requires
c. When speakers appear not to follow the maxims but expect hearers to
appreciate the meaning implied.
d. When speakers know that the hearer will not know the truth and will only
understand the surface meaning of the words.

12. What is opting out the maxims?


a. When the speaker has an imperfect knowledge or performance of language.
b. When the speaker seems unwilling to cooperate in the way the maxim
requires
c. When speakers appear not to follow the maxims but expect hearers to
appreciate the meaning implied.
d. When speakers know that the hearer will not know the truth and will only
understand the surface meaning of the words
1st Set WORKSHEET IN INTRODUCTION TO STYLISTICS

II. Directions: Grice’s maxims were originally meant to describe how people intuitively communicate or
convey verbal or written information. Apply the four maxims by writing an editorial news
article based on your chosen topic or issue that is rampant nowadays. Make sure to be as
informative, truthful, relevant, and brief as possible. (38 points)

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