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Playing with Phrases
Phrases and Titles
Task A - creating your own titles
Make up the title of a novel and discuss it with
your partner(s). What sort of phrase is it (NP, VP, AdjP, AdvP, PP)? What
sort of phrase do you think it is most normal to have as the title of
a book, poem or play? Then compare what you have found with what we say.
Our comments:
Most people choose NPs as titles, e.g. King Lear, Bleak House, The
World According to Garp, The Killing of Sister George, The Good, the
Bad and the Ugly. Note, then, that titles which are not NPs will
probably be felt to be unusual, more arresting and more memorable.
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