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    The effectiveness of graphic novels surpasses that of written narratives due to the added illustration‚ easily followed dialogue‚ foreign dialect‚ and its thought-provoking story line. Although graphic novels are frequently considered a form of pleasure reading‚ they are “slowly escaping the stereotype that they are picture books with no value to literacy instruction” (Watts). V for Vendetta managed to preserve the significance of a written narrative in addition to maintaining a fascinating story

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    miniscule details and descriptions about this actual occurrence allows the reader to be immersed in the retelling of these events with an omnipresent point of view. His complex writing style and literary techniques contribute to the novel in a compelling and intriguing way. Capote uses a combination of literary techniques to present an almost vivid presentation of the actions associated with the murder. Capote uses a mixture of foreshadowing‚ structure and suspense and irony to retell the story of the Clutter

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    Mary Shelley’s style in the novel Frankenstein is quite enthralling. Shelley is a very eloquent writer‚ and she writes with a romantic style. Mary Shelley is highly appealing to her readers’ emotions. The tone in the novel changes throughout‚ as well as the narrator. Her use of diction‚ sentence structure‚ and tone tells the reader multiple things about Mary Shelley herself. One thing Shelley did quite often in Frankenstein is change who was telling the story. It begins with Robert Walton writing

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    Often in novels‚ the author is able to personify and use the setting as an imperative aspect of a story such that it could almost take the form of a character. For Homer Hickam Jr. (Sonny)‚ Coalwood was not only his hometown‚ but it became his motivation to continue building and launching his rockets. Every house in Coalwood was occupied with families of coal miners‚ and for someone to participate in another activity besides football was rare and often discouraged. “Only coal mining was more important

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    John Steinbeck uses many literary techniques in The Grapes of Wrath to help the reader better understand the story. One of these techniques that is of particular importance is his use in writing the intercalary chapters. Steinbeck uses these intercalary chapters to foreshadow the events that will occur in the regular chapters that tell the Joad’s story. The extent of description that Steinbeck uses in these chapters allows them to fit very well into the novel. Clearly‚ the author’s goal is to have

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    Literary Techniques: Poetry Analysis 1 Diction and Imagery Literary Techniques • The meaning of a poem (i.e its focus‚ mood and the speaker’s attitude) is enhanced by four main types of literary techniques: • Diction • Imagery • Sound devices • Rhythm‚ Rhyme and Repetition Diction • Diction is the choice of words a poet uses to bring meaning across. In working through a poem‚ it is useful to question why a certain word is used‚ and what kind of effect is achieved with the choice and placement

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    sister‚ who they never saw again. At this point he starts his excruciating journey into the terror of the holocaust. In portraying his story‚ Wiesel uses a variety of literary devices including foreshadowing‚ poetic language‚ and a first person perspective to help capture the impact of his journey. In "Night"‚ Wiesel uses the techniques of foreshadowing to engage the reader and to build a feeling of dread and despair. In the beginning of the book‚ Moshe the Beadle immediately foreshadows the trouble

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    In the piece “ The Company Man” by Ellen Goodman he describes the life of a man named Phil through literary techniques. Ellen spoke of the man unable to be memorable and a pedestrian man who was easily replaced. Utilizing them he created an apathetic attitude that accepted Phil’s death quite easily despite him being a “Type A” worker and a vice president for a company . Rhetorical techniques that were incorporated in the writing include both the writer’s and Phil’s “Dearly beloved” perspective ‚

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    Mary Shelley is an esteemed author known for her works in the horror genre. One of her techniques that she uses in her most famous novel Frankenstein‚ is parallelism. The point of view in which this story is told is first person from the character Victor Frankenstein. She goes into detail about his childhood his family early on in the book‚ and it is evident that she uses the same diction to describe both his mother‚ Caroline Beaufort‚ and his adopted cousin‚ Elizabeth Lavenza; this reveals to the

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    completely different worlds. Public and private lives no matter how interesting or enviable have some kind of flaw. The prefect atomic family does not truly exist. Ones psychic can be irrevocably altered because of this one flaw. I William Faulkner’s‚ A Rose for Emily‚ He uses an odd chronological order to show there is always a dark cloud in a perfect would. Faulkner also shows through vivid imagery and symbolism that Emily is a prisoner of two worlds‚ the public and private life. This shows how poor

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