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The plot of a story is the sequences of events that help a story reach its end. A story will always have events in it that are used to propel it forward. While some events are used to provide information about the setting and some background information, other events can help the story reach its conclusion. The plot of a story usually has 5 parts: beginning with the exposition, then the rising action, the climax, the falling action, and the resolution which is the ending of a story. The…

However, the violence committed is not always done slowly but can rather take on the nature of stormy seas - "raging and blowing so hard that… houses and trees toppled over, the mountains trembled, [and] rocks rolled into the sea" (51). The waves shift from a monotonous rhythm to an enormous entity of destruction that "beat[s] the measure of life", warning of those "whose day had slipped past"…

Explore the isolation and resilience of the characters in W H Audens ‘Refugee Blues’? In this essay I will be analysing the poem ‘Refugee Blues’. This poem was written by W H Auden. This poem was written in the year of 1939, 1939 is the year World War 2 started. In this essay W H Auden talks about how the Jewish where in a state of isolation and had no where to go. W H Auden did an excellent job in showing how the Jewish were dehumanised. In this essay I will be exploring how the characters…

reader's mind through the use of style. Style is a technique an author uses to illustrate the bona fide meaning behind the text, some may call this the voice of the writer. The tone of the text is the attitude and mood towards the subject, generally conveyed through the word choice of the writer. The pace of the text emphasises the setting, atmosphere and the focus of the plot movement. The vocabulary is important because it pieces, both those interpretations of style together. Without proper…

1,150 miles of nothing but ice cold snow, and determination. This is the reality of the Iditarod, a race the main character of my book Gary Paulsen competes in. This race takes place in Alaska where elite runners face the hardest terrain in the world and cover 1,150 miles of land with their dogs. In this book, Gary starts training with practically no experience and no racing dogs to run the longest race in existence but, ends up not only running the race once but twice and wins the second time.…

A father’s love for his son is not always seen. In the poem, “Those Winter Sundays” by Robert Hayden, the narrator is talking about how he regrets not realizing and thanking his father for all the suffering and good that his father has done for him. The author uses imagery and diction to portray a better image about the narrator's regret for not noticing his father’s good deeds sooner. One of the more commonly used literary element in the poem “Those Winter Sundays” is imagery. The author uses…

Shooting the Breeze and Shooting an Elephant: Fictional Styling in Orwell’s Essay George Orwell’s Shooting an Elephant is a personal essay describing an event that Orwell claims occurred while he was working as a police officer in Burma, a portion of the British Empire. Though the story is presented as a wholly voracious, there are obvious moments wherein Orwell uses his skill as a writer of fiction, perhaps to keep readers more engaged. This essay will explore the elements of Shooting that…

brought forth a harrowing depiction of the realities of war. “The Things They Carried” examined the experiences of those in war. O’Brien portrays the mass confusion and guilt of battle prevalent in Vietnam through sadness and struggle. O’Brien’s writing style is straightforward yet scattered, reflecting the thought processes of those experiencing battle. The author uses a unique blend of language to convey his message, while his characters and themes combine to bring to light the truths of…

emotion we call art-horror” (Carroll 52). According to Carroll art-horror is like an emotion which needs to cause a horrified feeling in audience in response to the fictional monster. Similarly, Gilman makes the horrific style of the story very clear from the beginning. She makes her style obvious when gives…

. What is your initial impression of this work? – I liked this story because it always had me wanting to know what was happening next. The story kept me on the edge of my seat trying predict what would happen next. 2. What is the genre of this selection? – The genre of this excerpt is Science fiction, Martians appear on earth and soon after attacking the people who try to communicate with them. 3. What is the exposition of the story? What is the rising action or actions in this story? What is…