1.   At the third level of stylistic analysis authors and their devices are also brought explicitly into the discussion.

2.   The power of stylistic analysis to reveal rhetorical strategy in non-fiction has applications beyond de Man and deconstruction.

3.   The main aim of this article is to propose an exercise in stylistic analysis which can be employed in the teaching of English language.

4.   The rationale behind such a comparative analysis is that it brings into sharper focus those very features of language which might elude stylistic analysis of a more traditional kind.