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Albert Einstein once said “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”In the story the narrator tells us how he watches an old man in his sleep planning to kill him when his eye is open.The narrator kills the old man and hides his dead body under some floor boards.The police come and the man feels guilt and admits his deed. The narrator isn’t crazy because he says he isn’t crazy and he planned the murder.Nevertheless the narrator…

In his nostalgic poem “Blackberries”, Yusef Komunyakka allows the reader to better connect with the speaker’s problems by the use of first person point of view. By allowing the young boy to express his stream of conscious directly to those listening to the poem, we get an intimate glimpse at his transition from innocence. The poem begins with the boy recalling his time spent picking wild blackberries. He enjoys this act, and how it leaves his hands stained “like a printers/Or a thief’s before…

Generally-speaking, Ehrenreich employs a large array of metaphors, in order to better foster a conspicuous relationship between the kitchen’s features and bodily organs. In further elaboration upon this reality, the author sheds light upon the dire conditions of the restaurant’s workers by elucidating upon the crude features of the human body; for instance, the extensive elaboration made upon the small intestine, which is, in turn, home to arguably the most obnoxious digestive processes, is…

It gives the readers multiple different perspectives of how the siege is dealt with and how these people try to survive. Arrow is a soldier who questions her life and doesn't like to refer to herself as a killer. “I am Arrow because I hate all of them. The woman you knew…

The article I decided to pick for this assignment is by the media publication Complex and the interactive journalism piece is called "Project Runaway." The piece is about the behind the scenes making of Kanye West album, "My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy." Complex Editor-in-chief Noah Callahan Bever would be with Kanye West for six months in the making of the album to do a cover story about it. Now what I really love about the interactive piece is how immersed you really feel in the piece.…

The first sentence of the “We Wear the Mask” starts off with “We wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,- This debt we pay to the human guile” This is exactly how the Marquis Evremonde is described as. The man with a “face like a fine mask” as said in chapter 2 book 7. He is a man who hides all emotions like those who wore masks in the poem, hiding. In the poem “Acquainted with the Night” it talks about rain and the night which goes along with motifs in A Tale…

emotional responses in the reader by using the right words to vividly show the reader the experiences of Cartwheel and allow the reader to connect her character (Tunnell, 2015, pp.18-19). The author achieves this by using precise vocabulary, figurative language, effective dialogue, music in language, understatement, unexpected insights and avoiding weak writing in the text (Tunnell, 2015, p.19). Precise vocab Precise vocabulary is used throughout the text to ensure the reader experiences…

the time of day he enjoys (Arp) description is likely to fire up the readers taste buds. The reader may decide they are hungry with such an imaginative description. He chooses to talk about breakfast time to consume the berries, so it would not be unreasonable for the reader to think about blackberry pancakes and syrup. The author compares the berries to words metaphorically stating words are knowledge which can help the reader become…

In“The Case of Short Words” , an article published in Miracle of Language, Richard Lederer discusses the short words. Lederer argues that short words can deliver people’s minds more clearly and effectively than big words. At first, he points out that short words convey the majority of emotional expressions powerfully and strikingly. Second, the author refers to a study which suggests that people prefer to use short words rather than pick big words during daily conversations. Third, the author…

each person is related to. This piece successfully portrays the mysteriousness of the town that only a long time resident could provide. The structure of this essay is somewhat confusing because it blends so many different stories together and as a reader it leaves you wondering more about each individual story. It does however use traditions well to read as if it were a narrative going through the night of telling the legends of the town. The use of dialogue also contributes to the narrative…