Austen, Pride and Prejudice: "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." What does the confident wording do?

Austen, Pride and Prejudice. Mr. Bennet answers his wife: "I have a high respect for your nerves. They are my old friends. I have heard you mention them with consideration these last twenty years at least." How does his speech work?

Austen, Pride and Prejudice. Mrs. Bennet: "Impossible, Mr. Bennet, impossible, when I am not acquainted with him myself". He answers: "I honour your circumspection." Which feature separates the two speeches?

Austen, Pride and Prejudice. Mrs. Bennet hears of Elizabeth's engagement: "Good gracious! Lord bless me! only think! dear me! Mr. Darcy! Who would have thought it! And is it really true?" What do the short exclamations do to the pacing?

Austen, Pride and Prejudice. Mr. Collins proposes: "My reasons for marrying are, first, that I think it a right thing for every clergyman in easy circumstances (like myself) to set the example of matrimony in his parish". What does the ordering show?

Austen, Pride and Prejudice. Mr. Collins: "I am happy on every occasion to offer those little delicate compliments which are always acceptable to ladies." What does his wording reveal?

Austen, Pride and Prejudice. Mr. Collins praises his own compliments. "You judge very properly," said Mr. Bennet; "and it is happy for you that you possess the talent of flattering with delicacy." How is the praise meant?

Austen, Pride and Prejudice: "Mr. Collins was not a sensible man, and the deficiency of nature had been but little assisted by education or society". What does the narrator's mild wording achieve?

Austen, Pride and Prejudice, while Mr. Collins talks: "Lady Catherine was reckoned proud by many people he knew, but he had never seen any thing but affability in her." Whose wording are we reading?

Austen, Pride and Prejudice. Mary Bennet: "Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us." How is the sentence built?

Austen, Pride and Prejudice, on Mrs. Bennet: "She was a woman of mean understanding, little information, and uncertain temper." What does the three-part list do?

Austen, Pride and Prejudice, on Lady Catherine: "she sallied forth into the village to settle their differences, silence their complaints, and scold them into harmony and plenty." What does the last phrase do?

A class is studying Austen's Pride and Prejudice. Which question asks about the author's STYLE rather than about tone or mood?

Austen, Pride and Prejudice: "Kitty has no discretion in her coughs," said her father; "she times them ill." Which question about the line asks about style?

Austen, Pride and Prejudice. Charlotte: "Happiness in marriage is entirely a matter of chance." Elizabeth: "You make me laugh, Charlotte; but it is not sound." What separates the two styles here?

Austen, Pride and Prejudice. Mr. Bennet writes to Mr. Collins: "Console Lady Catherine as well as you can. But, if I were you, I would stand by the nephew. He has more to give." What does the order of these sentences do?

Austen, Pride and Prejudice, on the Bennet marriage: "Respect, esteem, and confidence had vanished for ever; and all his views of domestic happiness were overthrown." Which feature marks this sentence?

Austen, Pride and Prejudice. Darcy speaks of Elizabeth at the ball: "She is tolerable: but not handsome enough to tempt me". What does the wording show about his voice here?

Austen, Pride and Prejudice. Elizabeth reads Darcy's letter: "How despicably have I acted!" she cried. "I, who have prided myself on my discernment! I, who have valued myself on my abilities!" What is repeated?

A question about how long a writer's sentences are, and about what she repeats, is a question about style rather than about mood.