Exercises in Style

The plot of Exercises in Style is simple: a man gets into an argument with another passenger on a bus. However, this anecdote is told 99 more times, each in a radically different style, as a sonnet, an opera, in slang, and with many more permutations. This virtuoso set of variations is a linguistic rust-remover, and a guide to literary forms.

Notation

19

(2)

Double Entry

21

(2)

Litotes

23

(1)

Metaphorically

24

(1)

Retrograde

25

(1)

Surprises

26

(1)

Dream

27

(2)

Prognostication

29

(2)

Synchysis

31

(1)

The Rainbow

32

(1)

Word Game

33

(2)

Hesitation

35

(2)

Precision

37

(2)

The Subjective Side

39

(2)

Another Subjectivity

41

(2)

Narrative

43

(2)

Word-Composition

45

(1)

Negativities

46

(2)

Animism

48

(2)

Anagrams

50

(1)

Distinguo

51

(2)

Homeoptotes

53

(1)

Official Letter

54

(2)

Blurb

56

(2)

Onomatopoeia

58

(2)

Logical Analysis

60

(2)

Insistence

62

(3)

Ignorance

65

(2)

Past

67

(2)

Present

69

(1)

Reported Speech

70

(2)

Passive

72

(2)

Alexandrines

74

(2)

Polyptotes

76

(2)

Apheresis

78

(1)

Apocope

79

(1)

Syncope

80

(1)

Speaking Personally

81

(2)

Exclamations

83

(2)

You Know

85

(1)

Noble

86

(2)

Cockney

88

(2)

Cross-Examination

90

(2)

Comedy

92

(3)

Asides

95

(2)

Parechesis

97

(1)

Spectral

98

(2)

Philosophic

100

(2)

Apostrophe

102

(2)

Awkward

104

(3)

Casual

107

(2)

Biased

109

(3)

Sonnet

112

(2)

Olfactory

114

(1)

Gustatory

115

(2)

Tactile

117

(2)

Visual

119

(2)

Auditory

121

(2)

Telegraphic

123

(2)

Ode

125

(4)

Permutations by Groups of 2, 3, 4 and 5 Letters

129

(2)

Permutations by Groups of 5, 6, 7 and 8 Letters

131

(1)

Permutations by Groups of 9, 10, 11 and 12 Letters

132

(1)

Permutations by Groups of 1, 2, 3 and 4 Words

133

(1)

Hellenisms

134

(2)

Reactionary

136

(3)

Haiku

139

(1)

Free Verse

140

(2)

Feminine

142

(3)

Gallicisms

145

(1)

Prosthesis

146

(2)

Epenthesis

148

(2)

Paragoge

150

(2)

Parts of Speech

152

(2)

Metathesis

154

(1)

Consequences

155

(2)

Proper Names

157

(1)

Rhyming Slang

158

(1)

Back Slang

159

(2)

Antiphrasis

161

(1)

Dog Latin

162

(2)

More or Less

164

(1)

Opera English

165

(4)

For ze Frrensh

169

(1)

Spoonerisms

170

(1)

Botanical

171

(2)

Medical

173

(2)

Abusive

175

(2)

Gastronomical

177

(2)

Zoological

179

(1)

Futile

180

(2)

Modern Style

182

(2)

Probabilist

184

(2)

Portrait

186

(2)

Mathematical

188

(2)

West Indian

190

(1)

Interjections

191

(1)

Precious

192

(3)

Unexpected

195

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