Answer to Question #300386 in English for Gift Chauke

Question

Read the extract from The Penultimate Peril by Lemony Snicket and answer the questions that follow.  

Not a Chapter 

3.1)The above extract illustrates a number of stylistic choices made by the author. After defining literary style, list the six elements of style and apply them to the extract, identifying and explaining examples which appear in the text.    (12) 

3.2 You decide to use this text in your FAL class. Based on your stylistic analysis above, state for which ages and grade/s this book would be appropriate and  substantiate your answer with proof from the extract.     (4)

3.3 The text above is a good example of postmodern children’s literature. Explain why this is so.  (4)

Answer 1

1)Irony-

"Sir orders Klaus to hold his cigar while he goes into the sauna".

2) metaphor-

"Adults speak as mysteriously about sex as Snicket writes about VFD. "

3) alliteration-

"Why is 'feets' not 'foots'?

4) hyperbole-

"Sir is the epitome of these small secrets,"

5)Allusion-

"the hotel is a stand-in for civilization, though Handler mainly "

6)Abdomination-

"if I’d ever asked my mom about it flat out, I know she wouldn’t have told me anything"

B) This extract would be appropriate for an advanced class since the nature of its style is hidden and requires the reader to be keen enough in order to figure out the styles of the author.

C)the extract is an example of postmodern literature as it contains attributes of postmodern as unreliable narration.