(2)Additional complication The first sentence begins with a prepositional phrase and the adverbial clause immediately after it is parenthetic in structure, the second sentence, in subjunctive mood, begins with a conditional clause, and at the end of the sentence, perhaps and upon the whole, are two parentheses
(2) Additional complication： • The first sentence begins with a prepositional phrase and the adverbial clause immediately after it is parenthetic in structure; the second sentence, in subjunctive mood, begins with a conditional clause, and at the end of the sentence, perhaps and upon the whole, are two parentheses
()Notes: In the first sentence to the wholesome training of severe newspaper work, when I was a very young man, I constantly refer my first successes could be understood like this: I constant/y refer my first successes to the wholesome training of severe newspaper work and at that time, i was a very young man. In the second sentence i should have but a very poor opinion of their father means I should have only a very poor opinion of their father
(3) Notes： • In the first sentence, to the wholesome training of severe newspaper work, when I was a very young man, I constantly refer my first successes could be understood like this: I constantly refer my first successes to the wholesome training of severe newspaper work, and at that time, I was a very young man. In the second sentence, I should have but a very poor opinion of their father means I should have only a very poor opinion of their father
(4) Paraphrase Since a paraphrase for the second sentence is unnecessar the first sentence will be paraphrased as follows: When I was a very young man, I received the wholesome training of severe newspaper work and now I constantly refer my first successes to that training i regard the training as the ladder by which i rose and am always steadily proud of that ladder. And my sons will give evidence to that after my death
(4) Paraphrase： • Since a paraphrase for the second sentence is unnecessary, the first sentence will be paraphrased as follows: When I was a very young man, I received the wholesome training of severe newspaper work and now I constantly refer my first successes to that training. I regard the training as the ladder by which I rose and am always steadily proud of that ladder. And my sons will give evidence to that after my death
B)Stylistic analysis (1) Periodicity (2)Structural complication o3) Parallel structure o(4)Cohesive device (sTructural and lexical formality
B) Stylistic analysis: •(1) Periodicity •(2) Structural complication •(3) Parallel structure •(4) Cohesive device •(5) Structural and lexical formality
(1) Periodicity The two sentences the selection contains are both periodic in structure in that the first sentence begins with a prepositional phrase with an adverbial Clause embedded as a parenthesis; and the second sentence begins with an adverbial clause of condition and has two parentheses embedded at the end of it
(1) Periodicity： • The two sentences the selection contains are both periodic in structure in that the first sentence begins with a prepositional phrase with an adverbial clause embedded as a parenthesis; and the second sentence begins with an adverbial clause of condition and has two parentheses embedded at the end of it