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Enumeration is a stylistic device by means of which objects, actions or properties are listed one after an­other. The list may produce different impression on the re­ader. Each word is closely associated semantically with the following and preceding words in the enumeration. It occurs when these objects belong to one and the same group of notions. E.g.:

"Harris grew more cheerful. George sugges­ted meat and fruit pies, cold meat, tomatoes, fruit and green stuff." (J.K.Jerome)

All objects enumerated in this sentence belong to the group of notions defining "food".

There are cases when enumeration is based on the dis­similarity of notions:

"Throw the lumber over, man! Let your boat of life be light, packed with only what you need -a homely home and simple pleasures, one br two friends worth the name, someone to love and someone to love you, a cat, a dog, and a pipe or two, enough drink'. (J. K. Jerome)

From the semantic point of view we distinguish two types of enumeration: homogeneous and heteroge­neous. The grouping of quite different notions in one sentence produces much impression on the reader. In the example given above the nouns home, pleasure, friends, a cat, a dog,. pipe, drink constitute the heterogeneous enumeration.

Other parts of speech such as verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and participles may easily be used in enumeration:

“The situation must be remedied, and the first step towards a remedy was to cry. She cried, she wept, she sobbed, she shrieked, she kicked, she fought vacancy and silence with her angry fists. No result. No audience.” (A. Bennett)
In the following example we see the use of different grammatical forms, which constitute enumeration. From the semantic point of view they denote things, which belong to different groups of notions:

“For some time now their small house had been a scene where washing, drying and ironing of clothes, discovery renovation of suitcases, unfolding of maps and discussion of trains and seat reservation and weather, had gone on without intermission until Mor had been obliged to invent excuses for staying in school”. (I. Murdoch)

The stylistic function of enumeration may be different: it may suggest the rapidly changing impressions of the scenery. Sometimes enumeration helps to reveal the inner state of the character’s mind.
I. Questions and Tasks.

1. 
   Characterize the stylistic device of enumeration
   
2. 
   What impression does the enumeration list produce on the reader?
   
3. 
   What are the types of enumeration?
   
4. 
   What is the stylistic function of enumeration?
   

5. What is the main stylistic function of the stylistic inversion?

6. For what sake is the inversion employed in poetry?

7. What is the nature of stylistic inversion/

8.Is the inversion regarded as a violation of norms of the English language?

9.State the difference between inversion in interrogative and affirmative sentences.