ENG2602 ASSIGNMENT 3 STUDY GUIDE 2026
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Topic 1: Introduction to Literary Linguistics & Stylistics
1. What is the primary focus of stylistics?
a) The biography of the author.
b) The historical context of a text.
c) The linguistic analysis of literary and non-literary texts to
explain how language creates meaning and effect.
d) Summarizing the plot of a novel.
2. Which of the following best describes the concept of
"foregrounding" in stylistics?
a) Boring or unimportant parts of a text.
b) The setting of a story.
c) Linguistic deviations or parallel structures that make a part of
the text prominent and demand the reader's attention.
d) The main theme of a poem.
3. In stylistic analysis, "grammar" is used to refer to:
a) Only the rules for correct sentence structure.
b) The entire system of rules governing the organization of
words, phrases, and clauses in a language.
c) A list of common spelling errors.
d) The punctuation used in a text.
, Topic 2: Narrative Analysis
4. What is the difference between the "story" (fabula) and the
"discourse" (sjuzhet) in narrative theory?
a) There is no difference; the terms are interchangeable.
b) "Story" is the sequence of events as they happened in
chronological order, while "discourse" is the manipulated
presentation of those events in the narrative.
c) "Story" refers to the dialogue, and "discourse" refers to the
description.
d) "Story" is for novels, and "discourse" is for films.
5. A narrator who is a character within the story and uses
pronouns like "I" and "we" is known as a(n):
a) Omniscient narrator.
b) Third-person narrator.
c) Homodiegetic narrator.
d) Heterodiegetic narrator.
6. Free indirect discourse is a narrative technique that:
a) Presents a character's speech directly, using quotation marks.
b) Blends the narrator's voice with a character's thoughts and
feelings, often dropping quotation marks and tags like "he
thought."
c) Is always told from an omniscient point of view.
d) Summarizes a character's actions from an external
perspective.
COMPLETE ANSWERS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS ||
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Topic 1: Introduction to Literary Linguistics & Stylistics
1. What is the primary focus of stylistics?
a) The biography of the author.
b) The historical context of a text.
c) The linguistic analysis of literary and non-literary texts to
explain how language creates meaning and effect.
d) Summarizing the plot of a novel.
2. Which of the following best describes the concept of
"foregrounding" in stylistics?
a) Boring or unimportant parts of a text.
b) The setting of a story.
c) Linguistic deviations or parallel structures that make a part of
the text prominent and demand the reader's attention.
d) The main theme of a poem.
3. In stylistic analysis, "grammar" is used to refer to:
a) Only the rules for correct sentence structure.
b) The entire system of rules governing the organization of
words, phrases, and clauses in a language.
c) A list of common spelling errors.
d) The punctuation used in a text.
, Topic 2: Narrative Analysis
4. What is the difference between the "story" (fabula) and the
"discourse" (sjuzhet) in narrative theory?
a) There is no difference; the terms are interchangeable.
b) "Story" is the sequence of events as they happened in
chronological order, while "discourse" is the manipulated
presentation of those events in the narrative.
c) "Story" refers to the dialogue, and "discourse" refers to the
description.
d) "Story" is for novels, and "discourse" is for films.
5. A narrator who is a character within the story and uses
pronouns like "I" and "we" is known as a(n):
a) Omniscient narrator.
b) Third-person narrator.
c) Homodiegetic narrator.
d) Heterodiegetic narrator.
6. Free indirect discourse is a narrative technique that:
a) Presents a character's speech directly, using quotation marks.
b) Blends the narrator's voice with a character's thoughts and
feelings, often dropping quotation marks and tags like "he
thought."
c) Is always told from an omniscient point of view.
d) Summarizes a character's actions from an external
perspective.
