Writing Style/Technique Essay

underlying metaphor which is hidden within his poetry to tell the reader the true meaning of the poem so that for those who are not willing to look for a meaning do not find one. Frost treats his poetry as a type of brain teaser. Frost uses this technique in many of his works to form a secret code for those who truly want to see a meaning behind it, will find it. In the first stanza Frost is getting the reader ready to understand the poem even with his first line. “Two roads diverged in a…

Vladimir Nabokov’s Speak, Memory is a novel written with symbolism, imagery, and metaphoric language. He writes his novel in a detail orientated structure with each chapter separated into sections. This shows us that Nabokov is a detail orientated person and wants his reader to understand his thought process throughout the novel. An example of Nabokov using such imagery and symbolism is when he writes about his bedtime ritual. Nabokov starts off by saying, “I next see my mother leading…

Accents of the group ABBA are seen throughout Mama Mia. The songs which exhibit pop rock, glam rock and Euro pop disco texture are mainly derived from the groups previous albums. The use of both prose and poetry were used in Mamma Mia. Chiquitita is one of the songs that is almost entirely poetry. Tanya and Rosie are consoling Donna while singing to her and trying to get her to buck up. There was spoken dialogue throughout the show. The text during the show was understandable for the most…

“narrated I” (54-55). The “narrated I” is the representation of Onley shown in the journal, that he wishes to share with an audience in his diary. Onley ultimately “creates a version of [himself] that exists only in the text” (55). Even though Onley is writing in a personal journal, there is evidence that suggests…

Her shocking, revealing story is brought home by a complex, and effective, narrative technique. Works Cited and Consulted Atwood, Margaret. The Handmaid's Tale. Anchor Books: New York, New York, 1985. Conboy, Sheila C. "Scripted, Conscripted, and Circumscribed: Body Language in Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale." Anxious Power: Reading, Writing, and Ambivalence in Narrative by Women. Eds. Carol J. Singley and Susan Elizabeth Sweeney. Albany : State U of…

Mae Holland arrives for her first day at “the most influential company in the world”: The Circle. Mae owes her newfound position at The Circle to her old-time friend, Annie, whose belonging to the “Gang of 40” makes her one of the most influential members of the company. Established by the “Three Wise Men” , The Circle becomes the #1 company on the forefront of technological advancement. The Circle’s goal is to work towards a new era of communication and safety, what it claims is a more…

Authors may use different types of literary devices to maintain the reader’s attention in a story. A metaphor, simile, flashback, imagery, and an allusion are all examples of literary devices that can be used in a story to keep the reader engrossed. Kate Chopin used literary devices in her story “Desiree’s Baby” which helped her contribute to the success of the story. Kate Chopin used imagery on paragraph 6 to describe L’Abri and explain why it is a sad place to visit. Imagery is a visual…

embed the struggle between the boys and the the war place. Bases off of the first page, Remarque had implied the war corruption of society. Eventually, readers are able to conclude that it is World War I. Readers energetically grasp on Remarque’s style from the first page. Foster had mentioned how the first page is like looking at the front cover of a book. From many…

In “Greasy Lake” T. Coraghessan Boyle tells a story of a late night with three boys. The narrator, Digby, and Jeff headed out to Greasy Lake after a long night of going in and out of every bar in town. The narrator, who remains nameless, tells the story. The narration of this story gives the reader a certain insight to the story. In Boyle’s “Greasy Lake”, the first person narration provides insight for the reader to experience things as the narrator does. The narration in “Greasy Lake”…

This essay will explore the narrative perspective of Herman Melville’s’ ‘Bartleby, the Scrivener’ and Peter Carrey’s’ ‘American Dreams’ and how narration can affect the way in which a story is read. Both of these authors use the narrator to tell the story in a different manner, all with different perspectives. McCall states “narrators are unreliable by definition. Fiction told in the first person is inherently deceptive” (1989, p.106) and this biased point of view obviously affects the readers…