I Wish I Could See Grandpa Again My Grandpa was a very good man. He died at 90 years old this past year. I wasn’t as close to him as I should have been‚ but his character showed me what a true man he was. It really touched me to see the things that he stuck to in his life and the things he believed in that meant so much to him. My Grandpa took some part in World War II; he flew the P90 fighter airplane. He was stationed in Oregon during the war and was just about to be shipped out‚ but the
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Authors of short stories use elements of style to make their stories interesting. There are many elements of style used by authors. Irony and theme are often used in short stories. This is clearly shown in O. Henry’s short stories such as: “The Gift of the Magi‚” “The Lickpenny Lover‚” “The Midsummer Knights Dream‚” “The Cop and the Anthem‚” and “Ships.” The short stories of O. Henry use the element of theme to bring about ironic endings. In “The Gift of the Magi” there are elements of theme throughout
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If I could do anything in the world Just imagine. Gazing up in the sky‚ looking at the stars‚ and you make a wish. All you have to do is make one wish that could change your life forever. I didn’t even see it coming. I hear the camp horn. I wake up drowsily‚ knowing if I arrive late‚ I’ll get in trouble for the millionth time. It’s night. I look up at the sky‚ and there it is. Right above me is the most beautiful thing I ever saw‚ a meteor shower. I lay on the grass as a dozen lights fly across
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she repeated the word "I could" many times as to express her longing to remember the memory of the meeting. For alliteration‚ she used the words like "meeting me" to attract us. For assonance‚ she stress on the vowel sound ’O’ very much to catch our soundings. And for internal rhymes‚ she used words like ’hour’ and ’your’‚ ’see’ and ’foresee’‚ ’one’ and ’know’. Christina Rossetii used the image of season‚ time‚ memory‚ nature‚ evasion and nothingness in "I wish I could remember". She made the contrast
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things that I would be glad are gone. For example‚ after everyone got used to the idea of being brainwashed by the federal government‚ maybe the crime rate would go down. Also‚ with everyone on a strict eating schedule‚ obesity would be swept off the face of the Earth. And‚ for example of how in The Giver everyone rode bikes around instead of cars‚ and there were no big factories‚ pollution would never be a problem. Also‚ how in The
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Irony moving the story forward To keep a reader intrigued and interested in what you are writing is a secret. That secret to success is not much of a secret at all‚ its all about keeping the story consistent and flowing naturally with transitions. You don’t want a long boring ol story making your audience sleep‚ a humours‚ suspenseful‚ full of ironic scenes would be sure to keep a reader on there feet wanting to see what will happen next. Authors use a box full of tools which contain literally
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Irony: the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning (Merriam Webster Dictionary) Of the four soldiers wandering behind enemy lines after the Battle of the Bulge‚ Billy Pilgrim is the least soldierly and least likely to survive. He’s the only one who survives. He also survives the incineration of Dresden‚ not bad for an unfit prisoner of war. He is also the lone survivor of an airplane crash. Edgar Derby is tried and executed for plundering
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not guaranteed. If I Could Tell You by W. H. Auden is a villanelle much like others using rhyme‚ repetition‚ and meter‚ that revolve around the main idea of the continuity time and its unforeseeable nature. The rhyming of the alternating ending lines‚ “Time will say nothing but I told you so” (1) and “If I could tell you I would let you know” (3) keep the rhyme scheme which stays on the central themes. “Time will say nothing but i told you so” shows that time keeps going‚ because this is a statement
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Mr. Willard Sept 16‚ 2010 “ IF I COULD ONLY HAVE THREE WISHES”…. If I could find something/someone who could grant me three wishes I would have many thoughts going through my mind. It would be a great‚ yet very indecisive moment. I would have to think of what that wish can do to my future‚ if it would make it better or make it a bad future that no one would like to have. My 1st wish would be to have a great future not only me but my family as well‚ because I know that by wishing that my next
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"If I Could Tell You" Analysis In "If I Could Tell You" W.H. Auden uses personification‚ repetition and imagery in order to prove the point; you must live your life like you do not have time left. Auden gives a vast setting over all. There are two main characters; Auden and time. The dialogue is in first person and he is speaking to some one he cares about. Auden uses personification to give life to time. This shows how time is the keeper of our destiny. He personifies time because he does not
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