Talking About Stories. Theoretical Preliminaries. The Plan for Rendering the Story. Some Helpful Questions for Further Text Analysis, страница 6

the personages’ speech is differentiated/ is in keeping with their station in life/ is literary/ colloquial/ low colloquial/ abounds in stock-phrases from a doctor’s/ teacher’s/ pilot’s vocabulary, etc.

the protagonist/ the antagonist/ the villain of the story is...

the protagonist has distinct characteristic features

the protagonist is implicitly characterized by the clothing/ physical appearance/ environment

the quality suggested/ indicated by the author is revealed in the episode...

the reader evaluates/ rates/ judges/ assesses a character's actions, words, appearance, etc.

the reader’s attitude to the character undergoes a change as the story progresses

the repetition of ... implies that .../ these constantly repeated words signify ...

the speech of the character enables the reader .../ reflects his ...

the speech of the character is full of/ can be described as/ shows that ...

the use of foil as a means of characterization emphasizes ...

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the verbal behaviour is indicative of ...

this detail/ this feature is suggestive of the character’s nature/ contributes to the character creation

this detail is implicative of/ implies that ...

this feature is made absolutely clear with the help of ...

this feature of the protagonist's personality is made explicit with the help of

this is illustrated by/ another illustration of this is ...

this scene/ episode brings out the following qualities ...

to arouse affection/ delight/ admiration/ resentment/ warmth/ affection/ compassion/ dislike/ disgust, etc.

to categorize the characters as ...

to contribute to characterization/ individualization with ...

to create/ produce an impression of ...

to depict/ portray/ describe/ picture a character

to evoke antipathy/ disgust/ dislike/ aversion/ animosity

to excite hate/ fascination/ sympathy/ compassion

to infer ... from the description of the protagonist's behaviour/ manner of speaking/ outward appearance

to infer the character’s social status/ background/ educational level/ emotional state through ...

to portray an attractive/ charming/ appealing/ likeable/ fascinating character

to reinforce characterization by ...

to reveal/ expose/ lay bare somebody’s personality traits through ...

to serve/ act as a foil to somebody

to share a character’s emotions

3. MISCELLANEOUS

going back to the text, the evidence of what I was saying is...

in my/ his/ her/ their view

the leading characteristics of the author’s style are simplicity/ great precision/ elaborate vocabulary/ dynamic dialogues, etc.

the author comes up with/ creates/ builds up a realistic/ unrealistic portrayal of ...

the author conveys/ communicates/ gets across the idea ...

the author draws our attention to ...

the author handles the relationship/ the problem/ addresses topical and relevant issues

the author has a keen eye for exact and concrete detail, etc.

the author is concerned with country life, etc.

the author plausibly/ skilfully creates the picture of ...

the author puts ... in the focus of the reader's attention

the author reinforces the idea ...

the events described in the story have a truthful ring

the following evidence from the text can support this assertion …

the impact of the outside world

the indications/ clues in the text are ...

the overall idea is ...

the problems/ issues the author discusses are burning/ crucial/ urgent because ...

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the story is about the power of love/ friendship/ the future/ parent’s love for their children/ the father and son relationship/ people’s foibles and faults/ people’s ideas of happiness/ income-prehension of adults/ the institution of marriage/ a mysterious murder case/ the problem of choice in people’s life, etc.