The Elements of Style

O.Henry’s unique style was often reflected in his work. One element of his unique style was situational irony. This means that his stories had surprise endings or sudden, surprising plot twists. In the short story, “After Twenty Years” by O.Henry, Bob, a criminal, believes that he is reuniting with and old friend, but he finds that the man he was walking with is not who he thought he was. “You’re not Jimmy Wells,” (228). This shows situational irony because Bob suddenly finds out that he has…

dramatic elements and cultural impact, will always be a significant part of society. Preceding the first day of theatre class, my expectations of how theatre would impact me were miniscule. Once perceived as just a simple form of entertainment, theatre has innovated my style of thinking. The productions of theatre display levels of intricate thinking and emotions. How can something so simplistic, such as a play script, transpire into emotional reactions and a new perspective? This is the element…

“Tessie Hutchinson was in the center of a cleared space by now, and she held her hands out desperately as the villagers moved in on her. ‘It isn't fair,’” (9). Here, we again see how Tessie has changed and the villagers won’t. Therefore, the plot elements of conflict and resolution further develop the…

"The story of 3 women and 105 men", can you imagine this is actually refers to one of the four great classical novels of Chinese literature "Water Margin"? When you read the headline, you will subconscious think that headline regarding to a yellow journalism and may generate curiosity to read more content, after you click on it, whereas it is actually a historical story about 108 heroes. This is called “clickbait”, which attract click-through rate by writing sensationalist headlines that…

Chapter-1 Introduction Agatha Christie is reputably known throughout the world as the ‘Queen of Crime’. The Guinness Book of Records cites her as the second best-selling author of all time after William Shakespeare. She also has the honour of being the most widely translated author of all time after William Shakespeare. In 1952, her play The Mousetrap was debuted at the ambassador’s Theatre in London, and has been performed without a break ever since. The Mousetrap was initially performed…

Cathedral in the nineteen century. Most importantly, in the “Marvellous Melbourne” period, the state government wished to build up the Metropolis image of Melbourne to the world while Melbourne were completing with Sydney. A cathedral is one of the key elements in the Christian Society5. So, it can be classificated at a political reason of building the cathedral. Secondly, The St. Paul’s Cathedral was in purposed to replace the other cathedral that is Charles Webb’s St Paul’s Cathedra so to…

Break dancing is a term that derived from mainstream media due to their ignorance and naïveté during the 1900’s and was promoted as a lowly culture. With no accurate knowledge of the hip-hop diaspora but with an indelible need to define it for the nescient masses, hence the term break dancing was created. Nonetheless, once hip hop dancers gained the attention of the media they produced inaccurate terminology in an effort to present the urban dance practice to the masses by creating a Westernized…

centuries. It started with the Greeks and the Romans creating basic architectural elements, and continued with many different eras using these elements to create buildings that are distinctly unique. This paper’s goal is to showcase the development of Western architecture from the Romans through the Gothic Era, starting at the creation of basic elements and ending with grand buildings that have used these elements to create something new. The Colosseum, one of the first great examples of Western…

Tim Burton's Style Essay Tim Burton is renowned for embracing dark undertones in his movies. HIs style is not like most directors who ignore the dark undertones of their movies and just convey the happy side. Burton uses low key lighting, and non diegetic music to help convey a creepy mood in his movie’s scenes. Tim Burton's creepy/ gothic style is conveyed by his use of cinematic techniques. Burton’s use of lighting helps to show his gothic style. In his movie Charlie and the Chocolate…

different techniques in order for the reader to better understand and enjoy their book. The book I read, Burning Blue by Paul Griffin took techniques such as literary elements, and made it his own. Griffin's writing style is like nothing I've seen before, it made the book thoroughly enjoyable and I couldn't put the book down. Literary elements are the components of a literary piece such as setting, plot, theme, and resolution. For me, the plot of Burning Blue stood out the most than many other…