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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…

literature and drama mediums. For example, in Professions for Women, Virginia Woolf uses characterization of the first-person narrator to illuminate the theme of women pushing social boundaries to achieve freedom, through the expert use of structure and style. Woolf intentionally alluded to the characterization of the narrator by the structure of the essay. The narrator begins by asserting her case as an unmitigated fact, even though it is an opinion. Woolf demonstrates this in, “The obstacles…

technique of metaphor to create Charlies character development that is seen in the novel. This quote uses the language feature of symbolism to show Charlies rebellion against his mother, after Charlie witnesses his mother having an affair in the family car. Charlie uses this to his advantage to stand up to his mum while using a commanding tone to show his bravery and disgusted view of what his Mother has done. This quote is also symbolizing that Charlie has become of age, that Charlie doesn’t…

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…

As time’s clock runs its course, we often find ourselves nostalgic of times that could have been or were. Staring out across an ocean, laughing around a table filled with close friends, or taking a long walk at night humans seek reflection and question if we have proven ourselves worthy. Similar to Walcott in his poem, people begin to reflect when faced with reminders of their past. The magnitude of the narrator’s experience is clearly portrayed in his nostalgic tone and repetition of…

When she finds out about Papa’s other woman, she drives to her house, “[...] turn[s] into the dirt path and crash[es] into the Ford, making the bumper curl up and shattering the window in back” (Alvarez 88). She is so mad at Papa that she destroys his car, clearly showing how rebellious she can be. Minerva is such a rebel that she even slaps Trujillo. When Trujillo keeps pulling her into him while dancing, she says, “I can see my hand in an endless slow motion rise—a mind all its own—and come…

‘Quest for Truth and Self-realization’ in Raja Rao’s Short Stories Raja Rao with his manifold contribution to Indian fiction in English in terms of language and style, remains unparalleled in India. To portray essential Indian sensibility, and modes of thought, he has made a creative use of the resources of the English language. Being a careful and conscious artist who is disciplined in himself, Raja Rao allows himself plenty of time to give a perfect shape to his metaphysical ideas. By…

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. Regional…