Story arc

of the ocean. Would you attempt to save yourself and everyone on board or completely give up on the idea of escaping this tragedy? Would you expect help to come for you or step up and try to lead everyone to safety yourself? Luckily, in the short story “The Open Boat” written by Stephen Crane, he answers these questions in his writing that is about four crew members on a boat that have found themselves faced with this exact dilemma. This piece, based on an actual incident in Crane’s life, was…

There is a diversity of ways as to how an author may want to illustrate an idea or concept, many of which use a varsity of literary devices to accomplish the transcendence of the message to the public. Ernest Hemingway is an author who immensely succeeds in transcending our perspective of the symbols and context clues into something beyond the words we read on the page. The “iceberg theory”, mastered by Ernest Hemingway, gives way to the idea that less is more, and that we, as an author, only…

The Adventures of Ibn Battuta follow the travels of Ibn Battuta from Morocco through much of Africa, Arabia, Anatolia, Central and Southeast Asia, India, and China as he searches for an Islamic judicial position. Based on his accounts in the Rihla, each city he goes to and each person he meets is highlighted in the book. I think that Ross Dunn’s goal is to give a clear picture of the Islamic world through Ibn Battuta’s journey. I agree with almost everything of what Danny Yee says in his book…

Module Table Number of Sessions Topic/Title Objectives Strategies/Activites 1 Sociogram (Noting Details of the Selection Read) Story: Wolstencroft the Bear Ref: (http://www.childrenstoriesonline.com) Author: Karen Lewis - to make a visual representation of relationships among characters in a literary text. - to identify the main idea of the paragraph / story. Sociogram – is a visual representation of relationships among characters in a literary text. Students can make use of pictures, symbols,…

their way of explaining different situations/things. In the saying, guests drifted out into the summer night(metaphor), he is saying that the people are partying and dancing the night away. This encouraged the girls to stay longer and describe the story. When she begins the talk to the host, he states that she has written a couple of books. She replies with, “Several” (hyperbole). She literally did not mean several books. She referred to writing many as a whole bunch. She made an exaggeration…

hear Destiny crying. The girls confused, asked Destiny what happened and why is she at the police station. Keondrane’ told me what happened was that Destiny decided to leave the party to go to some guy’s house to hang out. According to Destiny’s story, people were talking outside by a fire when a gang of guys showed up. Destiny explained that the gang of guys wanted to fight and were not leaving until they got to fight someone. The man Destiny was with decided to be the one to fight the other…

Corn mazes are huge, sometimes extravagant, mazes made out of corn where children and children at heart find amusement in making wrong turns and getting lost looking for the end. David Barber uses a corn maze to show that in life everything we do, whether a positive or a negative impact, is an experience. Experiences form the basis of all types of human relationships (Volkmer). Barber uses paradoxes, an extended metaphor, and diction to portray the idea that the experiences in life impact one…

elements such as the time and location, referred to as the setting of the story. These elements help to set the tone that the rest of the story will fall under. Some narratives reveal only minimal details concerning the setting, but given the opportunity, a rich setting can play a significant role in shaping the story and the lives of the characters. Dana Gioia supports this in the following quote: “But often, in an effective short story, setting may figure as more than mere background or…

The book “Strange But True Stories” written by Janet Lorimer is certainly a fitting title for this book. To start it all off the title is a reflection of what the book is about.. The title is also fitting because the fact that it goes with the mood of this book. The title is certainly fit for this book. From giving you a sense of the mood to a summary of what the book is about. There is no better title for this book than the title it has now. As I stated previously, the title of the book Is”…

The relevant happenings of Two-Bit’s life during the story lead to an alteration of his perspective on people. When Two-Bit’s friend Ponyboy inquires of him the reasons for which he chooses to fight, Two-Bit responds by saying, “‘Shoot, everybody fights,’” showing Ponyboy his conformist mentality. Two-Bit’s…