1 RYERSON UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH English 108: Introduction to Fiction W2015 Instructor: Dr. M. Tschofen Office: JOR 1005 Office Hours: by appointment: Mondays: 10:00-‐11:00 Emails: Professor: Monique.tschofen@ryerson.ca TAs: Amy Loys: Amy.Loyst@ryerson.ca, Nick White: n8white@ryerson.ca • Emails will only be accepted from @ryerson.ca accounts • Put ENG 108 in subject line and allow 2 days for a reply • Please use email only after you have first checked the syllabus, Blackboard, and assignment instructions. TA and prof office hours are best for complex queries. • Questions should be sent to TAs first; they will forward unanswered concerns to the course professor.…
I recently reread the book "Hatchet", by Gary Paulsen, and realized that it does not take much to survive. In this book a young man by the name of Brian was on his way to see his dad when his single engine plane went down. The only things Brian had was a hatchet, and a little hut that he had built. Today people think that you need the newest stuff and premade food. In this book Brian shows not only the public but the military that he can survive with one tool.…
The book Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen, is about a boy named Brian who lives in New York. One day he is sent to visit his dad in the summer on a one passenger plane. On his way there, he suddenly realizes that the pilot is having a heart-attack. So Brian does what he thinks he should do and crash lands the plane in the middle of a lake. So from then on into the book, Brian is stranded in the middle of nowhere with nothing but a hatchet he had gotten from his mother a few years back.…
In the modern day book Hatchet by Gary Paulsen, the author takes us on a descriptive journey through the Canadian wilderness. Brian the main character is still getting over his parents divorce and his dad not living with him anymore. After Brian's mom drops him off at an airport Brian encounters many obstacles. As we follow Brian through this dramatic book, we learn that when it comes to survival, there is no limit on what a person can do.…
With a book filled with crazy things like a plane crash, wild animal encounters, and struggling to survive, Brian is hanging to the hope of seeing his family again. The book Hatchet by Gary Paulsen was extraordinary. It take place in the Canadian woods when his plane crashes. Brian is around the age of 13 with no survival skill, but he will soon find out how survive in harsh conditions. It is a good realistic fiction book, and author make the book so real.…
In the novel Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen the theme is survival of the fittest. In Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen the book binds you to continue reading it until the very end. It like you are there with Brian and had a very descriptive image what it would look like standing next to him. “ A book is a magical thing that lets you travel to far-away places without leaving your chair” - Katrina Mayer. The plot of Hatchet, by Gary Paulsen is very interesting because of how you could imagine yourself right next to Brian like a seeing everything he sees.…
4. How has each writer used language to express his or her making of the reader? Which language styles to find most effective.…
Dear Gary Paulsen: The first time I read Hatchet was when I was in the fourth grade. I have always liked survival stories and Hatchet made me really about how fast our world can be turned upside down. I really appreciate the section when Brian tells how his teacher, Perpich, told him to "stay positive and stay on top of things" and "You are your most valuable asset. Don't forget that. You are the best thing you have.…
Reading and Writing. Eds. Sylvan Barnet, and Hugo Bedau. Boston: Bedford/ St. Martin’s. 2011. 192-194. Print.…
Objective: For this essay, you will be analyzing Erik Larson’s style, revealing what devices he uses to convey his message(s) to his readers. The majority of the paper should be comprised of detailed close readings that analyze how his use of language contributes to an overall effect on the reader. Feel free to draw evidence from your journal (but don’t do so blindly, without considering if there are better options! You may end up taking only general ideas from the journal.). Your analysis should show real depth and insight, going beyond the obvious, and beyond what we have discussed in class. Your paper should also show an awareness of the entire novel. Focusing only on one section may hopelessly distort your analysis.…
style of the author and the point of view (POV) of the narrator. Key elements of the writing style…
Sirota, David. “Kenneth Cole Gets Schooled.” Norton Field Guide to Writing with Readings and Handbook. Third Edition Ed Richard Bullock, Maureen Daly Goggin, and Francine Weinberg. New York: Norton, 2013. 759-63. Print…
ENG2602/101/3/2015 Tutorial letter 101/3/2015 GENRES IN LITERATURE AND LANGUAGE: THEORY, STYLE AND POETICS ENG2602 Semesters 1 & 2 Department of English Studies IMPORTANT INFORMATION: This Tutorial Letter contains important information about your module. CONTENTS Page 1 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 3 2 PURPOSE OF AND OUTCOMES…
Stylistics is a branch of general linguistics. It is the study and interpretation of texts from a linguistic perspective. Stylistic devices and expressive means are involved in stylistics. Stylistics observes not only the nature of expressive means of the language, but their capacity of becoming a stylistic device. “Stylistic device is a conscious and intentional literary use of some of the facts of the language, that is, the most essential structural and semantic features of the language forms are viewed as generalizations, or a generative model” (Shakhovsky 92). Stylistic devices function in texts as marked units and they always carry some kind of, either emotive or logical, information (Galperin 30).…
McIntyre, D. (2012). Linguistics and literature: stylistics as a tool for the literary critic (Vol. 1, pp. 1-11). SRC Working Papers.…