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    Amy Tan Imagery

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    Imagery is an important part of the story becasue it enhances the description of the story the makes the story come to life more. Walker uses imagery when she is discribing Myop and how she skips to pick the flowers also Amy Tan creates a image when she describes what excally Waverly is doing in the street when she runs away form her mother. In the short stories “Flowers” and “Rules of the Game”, Walker and Amy Tan use Imagery, which creates a certin type of mood. In the “Rules of the Game,”…

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    In the book Sula, I actually came up with many different narrations that were used throughout the book. There were examples of third person, first person, and omniscient. However, the narration that I think was used throughout the book the most was third person omniscient. I chose this one by how there is a narrator who is able to describe all the characters in the book, what they are thinking of, and some hidden events that happened in the book that all the characters did not know happened. An…

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    “The Thing in the Forest” by A.S. Byatt uses formal and informal diction to replicate the form of children’s vocabulary as well as the adult lexicon. Because of the underlying theme of the narrative being how childhood trauma may shape adulthood, and in some cases, prompt growing up quicker than average, the use of both types of diction works well together to subtly assist the reader to connect childhood to adulthood. One such instance where the stark contrast between formal and informal…

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    The narration provided within William Faulkner’s “Barn Burning” can be considered omniscience limited. With this type of narration Faulkner is able to convey a large part of the story centered around “Sarty’s” understanding of the situation but, he is also not directly involved. In addition, this type of narration provides surround information of other characters without Sarty’s interpretation on them. However, as the story begins it is apparent that Sarty understands apart of the current…

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    In the black cat Edgar Allen Poe uses setting to make horror. The setting of a horror story is important. Horror stories can take place anywhere, somewhere like a haunted house, graveyard, or camp. In The Black Cat the setting is mostly his house. This shows that setting in The Black cat makes the story a horror story. Edgar Allen Poe uses anger in his story this creates the mood. In the story the character gets drunk and takes his anger out on the cat and then later his wife. The mood in this…

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    discussed or even write a song about it. My song is written by Marshall Mathers or known by his stage name, Eminem, he wrote this incredible song called “When I’m Gone” for his daughter Hailie. This song is about him ignoring his daughter and focus more writing songs instead of being with her, and talks about his recurring dream about his daughter giving up on him, then he finally realizes that he doesn’t want her to leave and wakes up from his nightmare. Eminem wants to tell his daughter that…

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    higher stress work environment or life-style. A high stress level work environment and or lifestyle can lead to health conditions such as high blood pressure, stroke, heart problems and many other debilitating problems of pain of their bones and joints. It will be advantageous for the nurses to pro-act and educate themselves on this issues prior to becoming a victim of these health problems. The nurses will be able to learn and benefit from having these techniques. To start the process, the…

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    very unique writing styles. Mark Twain uses regional dialect which is a language that represents the character and where they are from, like how they use grammar and pronunciation. O. Henry uses plot twist. Plot twists are when something just pops up out of nowhere. John Steinbeck uses social commentary. Social commentary is problems in society. All of these elements of style helped them write all of their amazing stories. Whitewashing the Fence- Mark Twain has a very unique writing style.…

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    years ago to now, the language and style would be quite different. For example, in the book “The Norton Anthology American Literature” There are poems written by an author named Anne Bradstreet. Her works are perfect when it comes to…

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    Style, Technique, and Structure in Paradise of the Blind Often in novels the author 's use of style, technique, and structure create a greater meaning in the novel. In Paradise of the Blind by Duong Thu Huong, uses these things in tandem to emphasize Hang’s journey to find her own individual purpose. Flashbacks to family situations and traditional events, the contrast in setting between Russia and Hanoi, and the use of a circular writing, symbols, and setting, Huong establishes the theme that…

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