The authors of this book do; and in doing so, they provoke the reader to consider style, not as an elegant accessory of effective prose, but as its very heart.
Such novels seldom try to startle or provoke the reader; on the contrary, though the narrative may unfold ingeniously, every art is employed to make the reader at ease within it.
The Futurists intended this posture as a tactic to provoke the reader into the act of self-revolution.
The essay provides examples of left and right-wing use of government propaganda to provoke the reader to share the author's concern.
What he achieves in the end is a critical poetic that provokes the reader; what he does not provide is a systematic counter-history to sound in film or an accounting of sound production practices.
Although Wollstonecraft argues against excessive sensibility, the rhetoric of the Rights of Woman is at times heated and attempts to provoke the reader.
It is not really a call to begin a new spiritual journey, nor is it an attempt to provoke the reader with theological controversies.
The presentation must also consider the uncertainties and "side effects" that the informational content might provoke among the readers.
In ordinary conversation, though, the French still say "Américains". A recent occurrence of "États-Uniens" (though far from the first) on the Web site of our newspaper, Le Monde, provoked the ire of readers who saw anti-American and anti-globalist sentiment behind it.
